ISLAMABAD - National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in its report has mentioned as many as 137 people were killed and 112 injured in various heavy monsoon rains from July 1 to August 7.
The report said that deaths due to monsoon rains took place across the country including 14 male, 5 females and 7 children with a total of 26 deaths in Punjab.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 42 persons were reported killed in various roof collapse and landslide incidents due to monsoon rains.
The deceased were 12 male, 8 females and 22 children, in Sindh the number of deaths were 23 with 10 male, 1 female and 12 children.
In Balochistan 10 deaths including 5 male, one female and 4 children, in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) 6 people were killed with 4 male, one female and a child and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) bore the loss of 30 lives with 18 male and 12 females.
The injured were mostly in Punjab with a total of 36 male only, KP 32 injured having 20 male, 7 females and 5 children, 12 injured in Sindh 5 male, 3 females and 4 children, Balochistan had 10 injured people with 4 male and 6 children.
In GB 9 persons were injured with 7 male and 2 children whereas in AJK 13 injured mainly 12 male and a female were reported.
The major property losses were witnessed in various regions of the country including 184 houses partially damaged and 116 houses were reported to be fully damaged, said the report.
The maximum loss of property in terms of houses and shops was noted in AJK where one road, 43 shops, 3 mosques, 39 partially and 55 fully destroyed houses were reported.
In GB 32 roads and communication tracks were reported damaged including 11 bridges, 8 shops, 25 partially and 40 fully destroyed houses whereas no infrastructure damages were reported.
In Sindh province only 33 houses were partially damaged, in KP one road between Chitral City and Golen Valley was damaged and blocked, 3 bridges were washed away, 2 shops, one mosque, 53 partially and 16 fully destroyed whereas 3 power houses were damaged in various flood like incidents, only 28 houses partially and 5 fully damaged were noted in the Punjab province.
Moreover, 400 housholds were affected in KP province alongwith one water supply to Chitral Town had been interrupted. NDMA had released over 21 tons of food items and 1095 blankets, 770 tents, 296 plastic mats and 100 sleeping bags to the affected areas where the concerned areas district administration was busy in restoration work, it said.