Ten rescued from Ravi

LAHORE
TEN persons were trapped in the Ravi when a temporary bank was broken near Saggian Bridge on Tuesday.
Teams of Rescue 1122, Edhi Foundation and Civil Defence reached the incident place on information and rescued victims.
The victims were identified as Sarfaraz, son of Amir Ali, a resident of Band Road, Aslam, son of Allah Baksh, a resident of Pakpattan, Yousaf, son of Shahadat Ali, a resident of Band Road, Nasir, son of Amir Ali, a resident of Band Road, Ateeq, son of Manzoor, a resident of Barha Sanda, Azam, son of Khadim Hussain, a resident of Sanda, Muhammad Ramzan, son of Siraj, a resident of Sanda, Abdul Qayyum, son of Ahmad, a resident of Okara, Abdullah, son of Aftab, a resident of Chota Sanda, and Muhammad Aslam, son of Sardar, a resident of Booray Wala.
Most part of the bed of the Ravi remains dry, especially during the winter. People keep on visiting the dry part of the river-bed. In February, people also lift sand in tractor-trolleys. They build temporary banks inside the bed of the river to divert the water-current.
On the day of the incident, when people were on the dry part of the bed-river, a temporary bank broke suddenly. A mighty wave of water moved towards the people. They found no way to come out of the river and ran towards a relatively high-level ground inside the river. In no time, there was water everywhere around victims and the place where they took refuge looked like an island.
A passerby informed the rescue teams about victims. Rescue teams reached the incident place on information. They brought back victims on the bank on rescue boats.
Abdullah, 55, told the media that he went inside the river to take “saag”. He was busy in his work when suddenly saw a wave of water moving towards him.
Nasir and Yasir, both brothers, told the media that they were workers and were on leave. They came to visit the river, they told.
Police school: Police will build a school for the children of police officials in Qila Gujjar Singh police lines on Tuesday.
Free education will be imparted to the children of cops in the school, Police Public School. Moreover, a letter to acquire the land for building another such school in the city has been sent to the City District Government. The expenses for building the school will be borne from the Police Welfare Fund.