Flash Floods Damage Bridge in Punjab District

Heavy early-morning rain and flash floods in hill torrents have damaged a section of the Chapri Bridge on Kot Chandana Road, cutting off road links between Chapri and a number of towns in the Khatak Belt.

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• Consequently, road connectivity between Chapri and Kot Chandana, Tola Mangli, Mohabbat Khel, Alf Khel and Janjuani has been badly affected.
• An embankment of Nullah Adwala near Kamar Mashani Thal was breached, causing floodwater to enter the fields of Wandha Kamalzai and Wandha Nanzian Wala.
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• A bridge on the Chapri-Kamar Mashani Road, built in 2017, has additionally remained non-functional as of incomplete work, including the construction of shoulders and other necessary measures.
• After heavy rainfall in the northern hilly areas of Mianwali, floodwater from the Chachali hill torrent washed away part of the bridge near Chapri on Kot Chandana Road.

In practice, the flash floods additionally breached embankments of Nullah Adwala near Kamar Mashani, inundating hundreds of kanals of standing crops in the surrounding areas.

Consequently, road connectivity between Chapri and Kot Chandana, Tola Mangli, Mohabbat Khel, Alf Khel and Janjuani has been badly affected. Unfrozen Glacial Lakes in Pakistan Rises in Less Than Two Months. The damage is not limited to the Chapri-Kot Chandana Road.

Meanwhile, a bridge on the Chapri-Kamar Mashani Road, built in 2017, has additionally remained non-functional as of incomplete work, including the construction of shoulders and other necessary measures.

Meanwhile, an embankment of Nullah Adwala near Kamar Mashani Thal was breached, causing floodwater to enter the fields of Wandha Kamalzai and Wandha Nanzian Wala.

While floodwater additionally reached areas near the deres on the outskirts of Kamar Mashani, hundreds of kanals of standing crops were damaged.

Another breach occurred in the eastern embankment of Nullah Adwala at Kacha Barzi, allowing floodwater to enter agricultural fields. Farmers fear severe damage to millet, maize and other crops.

Local residents and farmers remarked they had repeatedly triggered concern over fragile bridge shoulders and the condition of embankments and flood channels since last year, but alleged that the local administration and relevant departments failed to act in time.

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They remarked the latest damage to a bridge built at a cost of millions of rupees, along with losses to farmland, has once again exposed the area's vulnerability to flash floods from hill torrents.

Residents have pressed immediate steps to strengthen embankments, bridge shoulders and flood channels, along with clearing silt and debris from hill torrent beds and beneath bridges to reduce the risk of future flooding. Stay Connected with ProPakistani. Obtain the latest news and stories wherever you prefer. Follow on Google Discover.

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