QUETTA: The intense rainy spell has once again wreaked havoc in Balochistan as flashfloods in Qila Abdullah and several other areas have inundated scores of villages and killed as many as six people last night, according to a report on Saturday.

Balochistan province which was already reeling from the previous spell of torrential rains and floods, is once again exposed to the ravages of natural calamity. According to the NDMA, the number of rain-related deaths have reached 182 in the province and several villages have submerged in floodwaters.

Three dams have washed away and many link roads have been destroyed in Qila Abdullah. The train service between Chaman and Quetta has also been affected due to floodwater in the area. Scores of cattle head have perished and crops and orchards ruined.

The traffic between Quetta and Karachi was also suspended as the linking highway had been damaged in different areas of Lasbela district. According to Commissioner Kalat Division Dawood Khilji, the recently established alternate route at Landa area of Uthal on National Highway was washed away by flood on Friday. He appealed to the public to avoid traveling on the Quetta-Karachi highway. The PDMA rescue teams are present in the area and are providing rescue services to people stranded in the flood-hit areas.

PDMA DG Faisal Panezi said that so far 1,000 people were rescued who were trapped in far-off villages and they were shifted to safer places. He said two people died and two went missing in Qila Abdullah. He informed that along with the PDMA, Pak Army, FC and district administration were providing rescue services. He said that food supplies and tents for 500 families had also been provided.

Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Qadoos Bizenjo expressed his grave concern over massive damage to Qila Abdullah, Chaman, Lasbela and Muslim Bagh due to heavy rains. He contacted the public representatives and district administration officials of the flood-ravaged areas directing them to visit the affected areas and provide all-possible help to the affectees.