13 dead in wall collapse incidents as heavy rains lash Islamabad, Rawalpindi

 13 dead in wall collapse incidents as heavy rains lash Islamabad, Rawalpindi

July 19, 2023

  • Rawalpindi receives highest rainfall; water level surges in Nullah Lai.
  • Buses collide on Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway. 
  • Army called in to assist Rawalpindi district administration. 



Rawalpindi: Due to heavy monsoon rains in Rawalpindi and the federal capital, Islamabad, thirteen people were reportedly killed in separate wall collapses on Wednesday.

Heavy rains keep on lashing the twin urban communities as the storm flows from the Bedouin Ocean heightened today as conjecture by the Pakistan Meteorological Division (PMD), with the most elevated, almost 200 millimeters, precipitation in Rawalpindi.

Police said that 12 individuals were killed when the mass of an under-development span came crashing down on them close to Golra Mor, Peshawar Street in Islamabad.

They said the wall was 100-foot wide and 11-foot high, under which the workers had set up a tent to inhabit the building site.

According to Rescue 1122 officials, the rescue teams reached the scene of the incident as soon as they received the report.

Police said that the salvage laborers hauled bodies out from the wall's garbage with the assistance of machines. Look for additional individuals prone to be stuck under the rubble is in progress, with four being saved alive up until this point.

In the mean time, a 11-year-old young lady was killed in a comparable wall breakdown episode in Mohammadi Town inside the locale of Khana Police headquarters of Islamabad.

In a different downpour related occurrence, a few group were harmed when two transports voyaging through Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway barreled into one another subsequent to letting completely go because of a tricky street in the midst of a storm.

According to Rescue 1122, their teams are assisting the injured while the severely injured are being transported to Wah Cantt and Taxila hospitals.

According to Met Division, Shamsabad got up to 188 millimeters of precipitation. It poured up to 110 millimeters in Chaklala, 138 millimeters in Bokra, 102 millimeters in Golra, 98 millimeters at zero-point, 79 millimeters in Kachehri, 64 millimeters at Islamabad air terminal, and 44 millimeters in Saidpur.

Due to the incessant rains, the water level in Nullah Lai reached dangerous heights—14 feet near Katarian and 11 feet near Gawalmandi—requiring army troops to provide rain emergency services.

Specialists rang alarms of danger to caution the occupants in the environmental factors and encouraged them to empty. In the mean time, Salvage 1122 has likewise been alarmed in Rawalpindi.

Punjab CM orders water seepage from low lying regions

Considering the dangers, Punjab's break Boss Clergyman Mohsin Naqvi coordinated the Pakistan Calamity The executives Authority (PDMA) authorities to deplete water collected in the low lying areas of Rawalpindi.

He directed immediate actions to be taken in this regard and the submission of a progress report to the CM's office.

According to the managing director of WASA, Rawalpindi's Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) was also placed on high alert to deal with urban flooding while a rain emergency was declared, directing residents who were settled along Nullah Lai and in low-lying areas to relocate to safer locations.

He said that WASA faculty were conveyed in various city regions alongside large equipment, especially at low-lying regions including Raja Bazar, Bohar Bazar, Jamia Masjid Street, Murree Street, Nadeem Province, Javed State, Sadiqabad, Outer municipality and different regions.

Water level in Nallah Lai was being observed consistently, he added.

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