ISLAMABAD: Prime Minster Imran Khan on Thursday expressed sadness over the loss of lives and large scale damage to standing crops owing to widespread rains across the country.
According to the PM’s spokesperson Nadeem Afzal Chan, the prime minister is well aware of the damage the recent rainfall has caused to wheat and other crops and that the government equally shared the grief of the people affected by the rains.
He said the relevant government departments have been directed to take measures in this regard.
It is noteworthy that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in a report had said at least 49 people were killed and 176 others injured in rain-related incidents. It said floods caused by the rains wreaked havoc across the country.
According to the report, 15 people were killed in Punjab, 14 in Khyer Pakhtunkhwa, 11 in Balochistan and five in Sindh. At least 52 houses were damaged in Balochistan alone.
Apart from the human and property damages, the showers flattened standing wheat and other crops across the country.
117 houses including 31 in Punjab, 52 in Balochistan, and 34 in KP were damaged, according to the NADMA.
Heavy rain accompanied by gusty winds lashed different parts of the country, wreaking havoc with the wheat and other crops as mango trees were uprooted.
