MUZAFFARGARH: As many as 36 goats died after a lightning strike during rain at village Khairaywala near Chowk Sarwar Shaheed.
The goats, valued at over Rs 1.8 million, belonged to Muhammad Sharif, a cattle farmer from district Layyah. The local community expressed deep sorrow over the significant loss.
Muhammad Sharif has appealed to the Punjab government for financial assistance, as this disaster has caused severe hardship for him.
In 2013, China gifted Pakistan meteorological detectors to provide early warnings of lightning, aiming to protect people and property in Tharparkar. According to Mehr Sahibzad Khan, the Director General of the Meteorological Department, China donated 25 weather detectors worth US$1 million to Pakistan. These detectors are capable of predicting lightning events in advance.
Mehr Sahibzad Khan also mentioned that weather detectors are being installed nationwide, and a radar with a range of 14,000 km is being acquired from China. This new equipment will help in timely identification of natural disasters related to climate change.
