December 9, 2023

3 drowned in flood water, 2 dies in lightning strikes

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MIRPURKHAS, Sep 13,2022- Three persons drowned in flood two lightning strikes in Mirpurkhas and Tharparkar districts.

Downpour continued to wreak havoc, with breaches in the dykes of two major drains inundating dozens of villages.

A 100-foot-wide breach developed in LBOD in the wake of heavy rain at Qazi village near Jhuddo. Dozens of villages were submerged which sent villagers fleeing to main roads to save their lives.

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In Dhani Bux Marri village and Jhuddo bypass area, a man and an elderly woman drowned in floodwaters. Their bodies were recovered and shifted to hospital.

Three men, Mohammad Yaqub, Moosa and Deedar Shar, were killed in lightning strikes reported from Diplo town and Sindhri talukas.

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The flood victims of Pangrio and other nearby areas broke the gates of the official camp in the presence of police.

At a government camp established in a wedding hall in Pangrio flood victims protested against the district administration’s non-distribution of relief materials, tents, mosquito nets and rations.

Later, they forcibly took away tents, beds, mosquito nets.