Woman killed in Lower Dir house collapse
Villagers look for their belongings after the devastation caused by flash flood in Lower Chitral on Tuesday. — Dawn LOWER DIR/CHITRAL: A woman was killed in Dalgram area in Lower Dir district when a mud-built room of her house collapsed due to rains. Also, the Broze village in Chitral was struck by a catastrophe on Tuesday afternoon, for the second time in less than a week, when simultaneous…
A woman perished in Lower Dir district after a mud-built room within her house collapsed due to heavy rains. Concurrently, the village of Broze in Chitral experienced catastrophic flash floods for the second time within a week, causing severe damage to infrastructure.
Chitral's main Chitral-Peshawar Road, crucial for transportation, was rendered impassable by flash floods that swept away a bridge over the Gumbus nullah and a makeshift bridge over the Broze Gol nullah. The double onslaught disrupted vehicular traffic between Peshawar and Chitral, leaving hundreds of travelers stranded near Gumbas Gol.
The floodwaters also destroyed critical foundation work of a permanent bridge under construction, dealt a severe blow to the area's infrastructure development, and caused widespread damage to standing maize crops and fruit orchards, the economic backbone of the local population. The flood completely washed away a vital irrigation channel in Broze Gol, which residents had to repair manually before the cloudbursts hit again.
National Highway Authority has mobilized heavy machinery to clear the debris, but restoring full traffic flow will likely take considerable time due to the extent of the damage to the stream beds and the destruction of makeshift structures.
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