PESHAWAR, Jul 25 : Like others parts of the globe the World Drowning Prevention Day was observed by Rescue 1122 here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Director General Rescue 1122 Dr Khateer Ahmed said in a message issued here that Rescue 1122 diver service is available in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n
He said 1122 has provided services in 3501 drowning incidents since its inception, adding that most incidents occurred in Mardan where 525 cases were reported.<\/p>\n
Similarly, 492 cases were reported from Peshawar, 390 Swat, 369 Nowshera, and 200 Charsadda 200.<\/p>\n
The number of similar incidents that occurred in other districts of the province included Swabi 154, Malakand 143, DI Khan 133, Chitral 127, Haripur and Mansehra 101.<\/p>\n
He said that Rescue staff rescued more than 5211 people during the search operations.<\/p>\n
The Rescue 1122 diving service is equipped with all the latest equipment including rubber boats, fiber boats and jalar (local boats) boats for hilly areas.<\/p>\n
He said the divers of Rescue 1122 are trained to conduct search in canals, seas, dams and ponds in different ways including line search, zigzag search, open search and diving.<\/p>\n
The DG advised public to wear safety jackets and follow the set rules while taking bathing in ponds, rivers or stream and boating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR, Jul 25 : Like others parts of the globe the World Drowning Prevention Day was observed by Rescue 1122 here on Tuesday. Director General Rescue 1122 Dr Khateer Ahmed said in a message issued here that Rescue 1122 diver service is available in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said 1122 has provided services […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-345280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n