PAKISTAN: The torrential rain followed by floods have washed away an ancient graveyard in the Battagram area of the Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhunkhwa, residents said.
The local people said the graveyard was spread over 50 Kanal of land and had over 600 graves.
The people from five villages around had laid to rest their near and dear ones at the cemetery which was considered to be among the old ones.
The floodwater swept away the graves along with the remains of the deceased.
However, some residents were able to exhume the bodies of relatives in the graveyard and shifted them to other areas for a re-burial.
The residents were in pain and anguish at the incident. They said the graveyard could have been saved had the government constructed embankments on both sides of the river in time.
On the sides, the Moon Soon heavy down pour and flash floods took more than thousands lives and washed away hundreds of houses, hotels including five stars hotels in Pakistan.
According to initial facts add figures infrastructures and installations worth billions of rupees have been destroyed so far in the past one week flash floods passing through most of the planes and hilly areas of Pakistan.
