Teams of Rescue 1122 rescued over 780 people and shifted them to safe places while more teams of Rescue 1122 dispatched from other districts to Dera, Tank are also carrying out relief operations in the districts of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank affected by the rain-induced floods.
According to Rescue 1122 spokesperson, the people trapped in the flood lanes are being pulled out from different flood-affected areas of both the districts.
The rescued people included women, children and elderly people who are being carried on boats and on shoulders by the officials of Rescue 1122.
He informed that the more teams of Rescue 1122 were dispatched from Mardan, Nowshera and Charsadda to Dera Ismail Khan and Tank as the flash floods wrecked havoc in these districts, destroying dozens of villages here.
The rain-water was being drained from different areas by heavy machinery and dewatering pumps, he said.
The Rescue 1122 has set up medical camps in different areas where first aid was being provided to patients and injured on the spot while seriously injured and patients were being taken to hospital in ambulances.
The Rescue 1122 is on alert while the leaves of all personnel has also been cancelled, he informed.
