Widespread rains damaged houses

Shangla, Sept 01 (Online): At least two people were killed and seven others injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla district in various incidents as widespread rains damaged houses and blocked major arteries in parts of the province on Tuesday, officials said.

Shangla Deputy Commissioner Imran Hussain Ranjha said a house collapsed in Batkot area of Bisham tehsil, leaving two minor brothers, 8-year-old Idrees and 4-year-old Raees, dead. In another incident, the roof of a house collapsed during a wedding in Malak Khel area of Alpuri tehsil where five people were injured.

According to Ranjha, due to flooding in streams caused by the heavy rains, the Karakoram Highway (KKH) had been blocked at Shang and other points, while the Bisham-Swat road was washed away near Ranyal suspension bridge, leading to the route’s closure for all traffic. Other important link roads were also blocked or damaged due to the rains. The DC Shangla said information regarding rain-related incidents was being collected from different parts of the district.