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E-11, located in the heart of the city, is dotted with unauthorised high-rise buildings and several illegal cooperative housing schemes. However, no serious action was taken against them by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and district administration, which deal with such housing schemes.
On the other hand, housing schemes and other owners have narrowed down nullahs that cross through the sector. The street where the affected house is located has been built on a nullah.
During a visit to the area, it was noted that seemingly the incident took place due to heavy rain (103mm) and existence of narrow nullahs.
Woman, son die as heavy rain wreaks havoc in capital
By News Desk
ISLAMABAD: A woman and her 8-year-old son were killed in the federal capital on Wednesday as heavy rainfall played havoc in E-11 and D-12 and many areas of Rawalpindi on Wednesday due to cloudburst.
Several areas of Islamabad experienced flooding which multiplied miseries for the residents of the area.
According to reports, the woman and her son drowned when rainwater entered the basement of their house. Their dead bodies were later shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). The incident happened at about 6: am while rescue teams reached the site at about 11:00 am. While, her two children – a daughter, 13 and 5-year-old son were rescued by the young group of the area.
Cloudburst triggers deluge in ICT
Two dead as several low-lying areas inundated
ISLAMABAD:
A devastating cloudburst in Islamabad claimed the lives of a woman and her son as the rainwater deluged different sectors of the federal capital on Wednesday.
The low-lying areas of Sectors D-12, E-11, Rawal Dam Chowk, Korang Nullah, Margalla Road near Saidpur, Seventh and Ninth Avenue were inundated due to overnight torrential rains.
The wife of Kashif Yaseen and his seven-year-old son Mustafa died after water accumulated in the basement of a house in Sector E-11/2.
Islamabad Commissioner Aamir Ali Ahmed had directed the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI), Capital Development Authority (CDA) and MPO department to start a rescue operation at the earliest when the disaster occurred.
Woman, son die as heavy rain batters capital
July 29, 2021
ISLAMABAD: A woman and her 8-year-old son were killed in the federal capital on Wednesday as 334mm heavy rainfall battered E-11 and D-12 and many areas of Rawalpindi on Wednesday due to a cloudburst.
Several areas of Islamabad experienced flooding which multiplied miseries for the residents of the area. A woman and her son drowned when rainwater entered the basement of their house in E-11.
Their bodies were later shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). The incident happened at about 6am while rescue teams reached the site at about 11am. While, her two children – a daughter, 13 and 5-year-old son were rescued by the youngsters of the area.