Karachi: At least 10 people including two women and four children on Thursday drowned in a town of this southern province when a boat that was ferrying them in flood water capsized, sources have said.
Local residents rescued two children.
The incident took place at Ebrahim Shah village in the Tando Allah Yar town, where flood and rain water has stood since 2010 and villagers are ferried by boats through it to their destinations.
The family was sailing through the water to go to a field where they intended to pick cotton but the boat capsized drowning almost all on board except the two children.
The recent rains and ensuing flashfloods have caused several drownings in this province including in Karachi, the largest and most modern city of the country.
Five children from the same family drowned in rainwater pooled near Memon Goth recently, taking the death toll to 36 in this city because of the weekend rains.
In Shah Faisal Colony an 18 month old baby boy drowned in the Maliver River, which remained dry all year but is turned lethal by monsoons, especially when its bed is heavily silted.
In yet another tragic incident a car was washed away by the stormy rain water and drowned in Hub River. The bodies of a young mother and her infant were recovered and rescue officials were searching for the body of a man.
A body of a young man was also found floating in the Malir River near Safoora Goth, the western outskirt of the city.
All the incidents came amid official claims that drainages systems had been cleared.
The underpasses in the city remained inundated.
Officials were forecasting more rains in many parts of the country, and people were to expect more difficulties in the coming days as the dilapidated infrastructure was caving in badly after years of bad governance and corrupt practices, critics said.
