BUNER (NPTV/RP): Out of 350 total rain-related deaths, 209 fatalities were reported here between 14th to 17th August, 2025.
According to PDMA 16 people perished in Shangla, 24 in Mansehra, 21 in Bajaur, 16 in Swat, three in Batagram and five in Lower Dir. The National Disaster Management Authority and other government institutions are in touch with the provincial governments to coordinate relief and rehabilitation efforts in the flood-affected areas. NDMA, maintained that concerted efforts were being made to restore the connectivity that had been cut off in GB and KP due to damaged bridges and roads.
Relief consignments (harboring rations, medicines and tents) have been dispatched to all affected districts. NDMA warned that the seventh monsoon spell, currently affecting various regions across the country, will continue till Friday (22nd Aug, 2025). On 23rd a weather system will enter the country and will continue until the 30th, resulting into heavy rains. NDMA informed that communication infrastructure, roads, and bridges will be repaired immediately after the end of monsoons. NDMA claimed that it had developed a detailed monsoon contingency plan, highlighting the areas at greatest risk.
Taking to the X, Police here stated that they were actively engaged in on-the ground flood relief operations: “Officers are providing assistance to flood-affected communities with a particular focus on helping the general public.”
Meteo has warned that: “Strong monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are continuously penetrating into the country. Low Pressure System (LPA) over the Bay of Bengal is likely to move westward from August 17… and intensify this monsoon activity.”
According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) the monsoon rains that commenced from 26th June this year, has claimed lives of 140 children, 58 women and 102 men till 3rd August. .
The fatalities occurred due to caving in of humble abodes, drowning in flash floods, lightning, electrocution and landslides. Moreover, 715 people also got injured due to various accidents associated with torrential downpour.
For poor, lower-middle-class and middle-class karachiites, living in the Metropolis’ godforsaken milieu, initially the rain brings relief from the sizzling sun. That misery perpetually makes the existence an agony, as due to Karachi Electric (KE) they suffer from long spells of load-sheddings.
Residents of many locales of the Metropolis, including Federal B Area, Gulistan-e-Johar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Liaquatabad, North Karachi, North Nazimabad, PIB Colony and Surjani Town suffer from summer heat due to outage cased by tripping KE feeders.
But brief respite (the downpour brings), soon transforms into life-threatening godzilla. The inundated roads, overflowing gutters (that are permanently choked due to negligence of corrupt officials), faulty electric polls/wirings, caving-in roofs of crumbling abodes, falling trees and billboards, consume lives.
On 4th of July, a decades old 5-storey dilapidated batiment (harboring 40 people in its 12 apartments, situated on Fida Hussain Shaika Road in Lea Market area here), collapsed due to rains claiming lives of 27 people and gravely injuring 12 more.
The collapsed structure happened to be one of the 500 buildings in the Metropolis that had been declared dangerous by concerned authorities. But, having no other place to go, the poor inhabitants continue to reside there, risking their families’ lives.
It is pertinent to mention here that Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) claims it had repeatedly attempted to demolish the structure but due to resistance from the area staff had to leave.
Meanwhile, as a ritual those responsible for the debacle had been suspended after the collapse. Opposition prompted to score points, saying that illegal and sub-standard buildings were constructed under the aegis of SBCA.
They pointed out that due to its lucrative nature, favourites were appointed by Sindh Govt itself. According to Opposition, instead of getting dangerous structures evacuated and demolished, the concerned officers simply issue notices and go back to offices when their palms are greased.
Readers may recall that a dozen people lost lives in rain-related incidents in different areas of Pakistan on 26th June. A family, consisting of twenty members, having breakfast by the tranquil banks of Swat River, got swept away due to flash flood.
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