Flood devastation in Swat incalculable
Flood-affected people sit beside a wrecked house along a river following heavy monsoon rains in Mingora, a town in Pakistan's northern Swat valley on August 28, 2022. — AFP Govt official says losses caused by floods are likely to be in billions of rupees. Says KP govt should seek assistance in rescue and relief operations in province. Road between Bahrain and Kalam built for Rs10bn washed away in flash floods. Flood-related losses and devastation to infrastructure between Kalam, Bahrain and adjoining hilly areas of Swat is beyond imagination as a government official said it was too early to predict the amount of damage. "The losses are likely to be in billions of rupees and beyond capacity of the provincial government to handle," an official said. Pleading anonymity, he said the KP government must sink personal political differences with the federal government and should seek assistance in the rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas of the pro...
