SEHWAN: At least 20 devotees including children were killed and several others sustained injuries after a passenger van met an accident on Indus Highway near Khairpur, police said.

As per details garnered, ill-fated incident took place when a passenger van carrying devotees including women and children heading towards Sehwan Sharif from Khairpur fell in cut made for flood water at Indus Highway near Khairpur. According to police, 20 bodies have so far been retrieved from cut and shifted to Syed Abdullah Shah Institute Sehwan Sharif. Dead also include eight women and 10 children and two men, while several others injured.

It may be recalled that a 30-feet-wide cut was made through Indus Highway to speed up flow of water into Indus River from areas which came under water as a result of earlier relief cuts two months ago. Eye-witnesses said that cut was not closed for two months due to negligence of National Highways Authority due to which accident took place.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 18 2022

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