Dawn further reported that in Chunian tehsil, nine villages had been cut off from main roads by the floodwater of the Sutlej. Army and police were deployed to evacuate the area as water levels continued to rise.
In a sharp rebuttal, Gogoi shared a screenshot of Prime Minister Modi’s message from the same date — August 29, 2022 — in which the PM had also offered condolences to Pakistan.
As infections continue to rise across flood-hit Pakistan, at least nine people have been reported dead of viral diseases in Sindh on Monday, ARY News reported citing the data of the Ministry of Health.
Sindh province was the worst hit where 61 people were killed and 22 others injured, the NDMA said, adding that 59 houses were also damaged in the heavy downpour.
The rains caused a disastrous situation in Balochistan province where scores were left homeless after their houses were swept away by flash floods triggered off by lashing rains.
The Met department said Karachi received 223.5 mm of rain in just 12 hours, the highest amount of rain ever recorded in a single day in the city
Flash-floods have destroyed four bridges and disconnected road links among hundreds of villages.
