At least four people perished and fifteen others were injured in two separate incidences of roof and wall collapses in Lahore on Thursday, as heavy rain continued to pummeled the city for a second day.
According to a Rescue 1122 statement, the roof of a house, near the Bandianwala bridge in the city’s Amar Sidhu area, collapsed due to heavy rainfall, killing four people — including three children under the age of 10.
Another child, aged 10, was injured and shifted to the Lahore General Hospital.
In a second event, a wall of the Government Mozang Teaching Hospital that was next to another structure collapsed, injuring 14 additional people.
Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi said that the injured were taken to Ganga Ram Hospital, adding that their condition was critical.
He said some ministers had been allotted divisions to monitor while others had gone to the divisional head quarters.
On Wednesday, record heavy monsoon rain caused urban flooding in the provincial capital. Naqvi had said that urban flooding and record-breaking rain of 272 millimetres in just nine hours caused water ponds on roads in Lahore.
At least six people were also killed due to the rain.
The heavy rain inundated different localities, including Icchara, Monzang, Shadman, Gulberg, Muslim Town, Garden Town, Johar Town Qaddafi Stadium, Township, Badami Bagh, Abid Market, Nisbat Road, Harbanspura, Gawalmandi, Garhi Shahu, Shah Jamal, Tajpura, Laxmi Chowk, McLeod Road, Chauburji, Islampura, Sandha, Krishannagar Bazar, Shadbagh, Railway Station, Missri Shah, Waseempura, Mughalpura, Do Muriah Pul, Queen’s Road and Cooper Road, Baber Market, Outfall Road, Shahdara and Anarkali.
