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QUETTA: The ongoing monsoon rain has devastated parts of Balochistan where death toll reached 25 from various incidents during the torrential rain, Pakistan Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Director General Naseer Ahmed Nasar said on Tuesday.
Earlier, Balochistan government declared Quetta a calamity-hit district after heavy rainfall on Tuesday.
PDMA in a notification declared Quetta as the calamity hit district after heavy monsoon rainfall. The provincial government also declared emergency in Quetta to cope with the situation.
According to PDMA three women and four children were also among the dead, and 35 people were injured across the province in rain-related incidents.
During the first spell of monsoon rains in Balochistan, heavy and light rain is continuing in different cities.
According to deputy commissioner Machh, more than 40 families have been affected by unfortunate rain-related incidents.
Five coal miners were swept away by flash floods. Two of them were rescued. A rescue operation to find the other three was underway.
At least 95 feeders tripped in Quetta city and telephone lines were damaged. In Khuzdar district’s Tehsil Nall, one youngster lost his life in a flash flood as well.
PDMA, district administration, Levies, and Frontier Corps personnel are engaged in relief work.
The Meteorological Department said more rain is expected in different parts of Balochistan including Quetta during the next 24 hours.