Report depicts: 86 killed and 151 injured in Pakistan rain wrath
86 fatalities and 151 injuries, including 16 women and 37 children, have so far been reported, according to NDMA data.
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Islamabad: According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), 86 persons have died and 151 have been injured as a result of the recent monsoon rains since June 25.
According to ARY News, the NDMA said that six persons perished and nine others were injured as a result of the recent severe rains in Pakistan.
52 people died in the torrential rains in Punjab, where there were the most fatalities. According to an NDMA report, six people died in Balochistan and 20 people perished in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to ARY News.
According to the report, all of the injured people were brought right away to neighboring hospitals for treatment. Nabeel Javed, the relief commissioner for Punjab, was informed of the approaching risk of river flooding while he was at the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) control center.
Lahore Gurdwara suffers damage
Amritsar: A significant portion of the historically significant Gurdwara Rori Sahib collapsed on Monday after a downpour in the Punjab region of Pakistan’s Jaman village, 25 kilometers from Lahore and not far from the Indian border.
It has not been restored by the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) or its parent organization, the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB). Social activist Baba from Lahore told TOI that “the gurdwara was already in ruins, but we need to save the sacred site from further detoriation.”
Imran William, a historian based in Pakistan who paid a visit to the location on Monday, described it as “one of the saddest and darkest days” in Sikh history. “The gurdwara structure was already in ruins, and even though we brought it up repeatedly, the Pakistani government never initiated the restoration and preservation work. Heavy rain caused the remaining structure to also fall last night (Sunday).” William told The India Express over the phone that the ultimate collapse was probably caused by the spilling water from a neighboring pond seeping into the gurdwara construction.
The gurdwara’s past
Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, had three visits to the location since Dera Chahal village, where his maternal grandparents lived, was close by.
Imran William, a historian residing in Pakistan who visited the Monda Wadhawa Singh Babbar, a terrorist affiliated with the Babbar Khalsa International, was also protected by Pakistan in the gurdwara. “It is too early to understand the magnitude of this catastrophe, since the shrine was a symbol of our heritage,” social activist Babar remarked.
The gurdwara was constructed to honor Guru Nanak Dev and Bhai Mardana’s visit to Jahman village in Lahore, which is near to the India-Pakistan border. It was once a magnificent shrine, but after Partition, the Pakistani government’s complacency caused it to fall into disrepair.
