Haveri: 10-year-old boy washed away into overflowing drains while playing on roads after heavy rains
Haveri: The tempestuous weather running in the city overnight on Wednesday resulted in the death of a 10-year-old boy, Nivedan Gudageri, who fell into a drain in Shivajinagar area of Haveri amid heavy showers and was washed away.
On account of the heavy rainfall from late Wednesday night till dawn on Thursday, the drains in the city were overflowing and the roads too were inundated.
Nivedan was reportedly playing with his friends by the 3rd Cross in Shivajinagar which leads to the Old PB Road when he slipped and felled into the roadside drain, getting washed away with the rainwater.
The teams of the local fire brigade, police and the City Municipality searched in the waters for more than two hours before finding Nivedan and ensuring he received medical treatment at the District Hospital. The boy, however, died as he was unable to respond to the treatment.
The locals initially gathered outside the District Hospital on learning of Nivedan’s death. They also staged a protest, blocking the Shivajinagar 1st Cross and alleging that the encroachment of the drains and poor maintenance by the concerned authorities had caused the 10-year-old boy’s death.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
