Summary Victims have been recovered from the mosque debris by the government relief authorities.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Rescue operation has been completed at the Daroghawala Mosque in Lahore. The incident killed at least 24 people and 10 people were injured, Dunya News reported.
Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has announced a sum of Rs. 0.5 million for the families of the victims, reportedly. After reviewing the flood-struck areas, CM Punjab directed the relevant authorities to provide finest medical care facilities to the injured victims after taking notice of the tragic incident.
It all started as worshippers entered the mosque to offer the Zohar prayer. As soon as the call for prayer was announced, worshippers had just begun congregational prayer, the roof of the mosque started trembling, and it collapsed instantaneously with a loud bang. The high-pitched collapse alarmed the residents of the area, and relief efforts on a self-help basis began almost immediately.
Government authorities joined the relief efforts a short while after the roof had collapsed. A large number of senior officials arrived at the scene to oversee the rescue operation. During the relief process, injured people and dead bodies were recovered subsequently from the debris. Heavy machinery for the navigation of the mosque ruins could not enter the area due to emaciated streets. Those people who were trapped in the remains of the mosque were evacuated with the aid of roof cutters.
During this crisis, the families of the victims and the people present at the scene were grieving profusely, as the government authorities struggled to recover the lives of those trapped inside the mosque debris.
President Mamnoon Hussain, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain expressed grief over the incident.
