LAHORE: A number of students, who belong to Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur districts, on Saturday held a protest demonstration against the government for failing to save people from floods.

The students were carrying placards and banners inscribed with slogans against the provincial and federal governments. The students of the Punjab University, the Government College University and the King Edward Medical University protested against the government failure to save lives during floods in Taunsa Sharif city and Rajanpur.

Heavy rainfall and hill torrents in Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur and Koh-e-Sulaiman Range have inundated vast areas. The markets and streets of Taunsa city present the view of a flowing river due to continuous downpour. Besides loss of human lives, hundreds of cows and goats were swept away in the flooding from Chanalah and Makha.

The residents demand construction of flood channels and other engineering structures for managing water. An alarming flood in the Vadoor hill torrent has emerged.

The protestors said the flood caused by monsoon rains had ruined lives of a large number of people. They said they would march from the Lahore Press Club to the CM Secretariat on Aug 23 to demand rehabilitation of the flood-hit.

Published in Dawn, August 21st, 2022