Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday announced compensation package i.e. Rs 5 lakh each for families of those who lost their lives and Rs 1 lakh each for those who are injured as the death toll reached 32, whereas 26 injured in rain related incidents across Punjab.
A youth got electrocuted in Kundian at Piplan whereas four people including two kids died as the roof of the house collapsed in separate incidents at Gohad Pur and Garden Town due to rains. In Okara, Narowal and Jhang, roof of the house caved in claiming life of a girl and injuring 13 others.
Three people including a girl died when the roof of the house came down in Kamoki. A labourer died as the ceiling of a power loom factory collapsed in Faisalabad.
An alert has been issued in Pasrur as the level of water exceeded the optimum level whereas water made its way into the nearby agricultural areas of McLeod Ganj.
Widespread rain-thundershowers have continued to blanket Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Malakand, Hazara division including Kashmir. It has been intermittently raining in Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Okara, Bahawalpur and Multan.
Incessant heavy rain is most likely to invite high waves in the local canals. According to the met office, the monsoon rain shall continue to penetrate Punjab for the next 48 hours.