Summary Heavy rains and floods have damaged infrastructure and standing crops across many areas.
CHITRAL (Dunya News) – Floods victims are facing severe difficulties and they have appealed to the government to expedite relief activities in the affected areas.
On the other hand, a private relief organization distributed ration among 32 affected families.
Hundreds of houses have been badly affected due to flood in Chitral. According to details, 364 homes were badly damaged in Rushoon while some 35 homes were affected in Rul.
The flood also wreaked havoc in Kailash Valley, Derwesh, Jaghoor and adjoining area.
Irrigation pipelines, agricultural land and livestock were also lost or damaged due to the heavy rain and flooding. Expensive logs of wood were swept away in the current of the flood.
Clean drinking water was also affected as the flood water reached the springs used for drinking.
Due to flooding in the Aiwan Nala, roads going towards the Kailash Valley have been closed off.
As the monsoons creep across the Northern parts of Pakistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal belt in particular have flet the full force of the season.
Earlier on August 2, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took notice of the recent flood situation in Chitral and other areas and directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)to cooperate with the provincial government.
