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They had gone to the market to buy goods for their shop, and there were announcements that there was a flood and everyone who was there should stay in a safe place, but the five people had gone back to their cars, and the flood surrounded them.
This is a mention of Wadi Dabir in Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the picture of five people standing on a big stone holding ropes has gone viral on social media.
Both Riaz and Anwar were cousins. In the morning, he went to the lower area to get supplies for his shop. The road leading to their territory and the river run side by side. The shop of both the cousin brothers is in Balai Bazar so they have to go from other market to get the goods for their shop.
When both were coming towards the upper area, there was a flood and their car got stuck in the flood water. Habibullah, a relative of these two cousins, said that both cousins have been washed away in this flood relay. His pictures have gone viral on social media that everyone is heartbroken and wondering if he could not have been saved.
To pull the five people standing on the big rock from the flood, the local people threw ropes for rescue and told them to grab the ropes and jump into the flood water, we will pull you out, all five were scared but one of them. held the rope tightly and jumped into the flooded relay.
They were in conflict whether to jump or not
All these five persons were trapped in the flood relay in Dabir valley of Kohistan district. All the five persons were local shopkeepers. Among these five, two were cousins whose names have been given as Riaz and Anwar.
Habibullah, a relative of the two, told the The Time News Today that while the five men were standing on the stone, the district administration was informed to immediately send rescue teams to save them and meanwhile the local People tried to help themselves under you.
Locals threw strong ropes to the five men and told them to tie these ropes with themselves and jump into the river by holding them tightly.
Obaidullah, a local man caught in the flooded relay, held tight to the rope and jumped, who was rescued by the local people by the rope, while the other four were apparently in a dilemma whether to jump or not. The flood level continued to rise and finally the remaining four flood waves were visible. The names of the youths who were swept away have been identified as Riaz, Anwar, Bilal, Fazal and Obaidullah.
Tried to reach their destination before the flood
Habibullah said that initially the five people tried to save their cars with them. When the water level inside the car started to rise, they reached the big stone lying inside the river but could not get out.
According to Habibullah, Riyad and Anwar had gone to Zareen to buy supplies for their shop. They were just returning from buying supplies when announcements were made that floods were coming and people should stay in safe places. The five people in two vehicles tried to reach their destination before the flood.
The local people said that due to the river and the road being flooded in this area, the river water often comes on the road due to heavy rains. This time it was not expected that so much flood will come.
It took an hour and a half for the rescue team to arrive
Saqib Khan, Assistant Commissioner Headquarters of Lower Kohistan, told the The Time News Today that he was informed at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning that five people were trapped in the flood, on which the rescue team was immediately prepared and ten The team had left at 10:00 PM but it would take at least an hour and a half to reach the spot.
He said that roads were closed due to rain and floods, only the Karakoram Highway was closed at 11 places. Apart from this, the bridges on the way were also destroyed. The team was still on the way when it was reported at around 11:30 that four people were washed away in the flood water. It was a sad incident but there was nothing they could do about it.
He said that the body of one person has been found but the others could not be found.
Some 75 km pass through the Karakoram High Mountains and the highway is closed due to landslides at more than 40 places and the road opening cannot be started until the conditions improve.
Saqqat Khan said that this was not a single incident as people were trapped in flood at different places and all the others have been rescued and shifted to safe places.
He said that there were reports of people trapped in flood at two places on Friday, among them 22 people were trapped in the flood at Rangolia, while 15 children were trapped at Tunguri.
He said that these 15 children have been shifted to safe places while all 22 people have been rescued at Rangoliya with the help of local people.
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