Balochistan’s road link to Punjab, Sindh closed due to floods again

The national highway, which connects Balochistan with Sindh and Punjab, was closed once again on Friday due to heavy rains and floods.

According to the Bolan district administration, the temporary road at Pinjarra Bridge has been flooded once again. The road was opened for a few hours just a day earlier after being closed for five consecutive days and has been closed again due to flooding.

As a result, commuters are facing difficulty in reaching their destination and have demanded the government find a permanent solution to this problem.

On the other hand, the local administration stated that due to heavy rains in the area public and transporters should avoid traveling on the bridge.

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A day earlier, the third spell of monsoon rains took  the lives of at least five people, including three children, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), besides triggering flash floods that washed away roads and bridges in several remote areas in upper and central parts of the country.

Torrential rains and flash floods also severed Balochistan’s road link to Punjab and Sindh, while hundreds of people were displaced when at least 50 villages were inundated after the Chenab River burst its banks in Punjab.

K-P was the worst-affected province, where five people died in rain-related incidents, including four due to a wall collapse incident in Mansehra.

Another fatality occurred in a landslide in Abbottabad district, according to rescue officials