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| Jamiya Masjid Hanfia |
After the heavy rain fall, and life lose mean while, I was thanking Allah that rain stops and every thing was at its place again. But the very next day, I came home in the evening from office and heard the sad news from my mother that "Jamiya Masjid Hanfia" roof collapsed at the time of Zohr prayer with 30-40 Muslims in the mosque.
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| Jamiya Hanfia Daroghawala - Roof collapse |
I was shocked that rain was stopped a day before so how can the incident happens now. But, it is called that what Allah wants to do, He do it, He don't need the suitable circumstances for any incident but He design them. So is in the case of this incident. Roof of the mosque was already weaken by the heavy rain fall this year in Punjab (in this case - its Lahore), large quantity of rain water is absorbed by the buildings walls and specially roofs, which weakens all of those, and at this particular time, these are not able to bear any king pressure. One portion of the double storey building was already under the construction condition and couldn't stand very long. It falls and by the weight and pressure of the debris of upper portion's ceiling. Ground floor's roof got a flick and collapsed.
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| Jamiya Hanfia collapse: People reached to help |
An eyewitness said that it felt like its earthquake, as building was shaking before it dropped down and few of the people got out of the mosque immediately while it was shaking. People were trapped under the debris of the fallen mosque. Rescue teams were in time but government crane couldn't reached the sight at that time because of unavailability of fuel (if Provincial capital's machinery vehicles remains out of fuel, I wonder what happens with the people of other cities) and God knows how many of died could be saved if machinery would be there in time.
Anyway, Rescue teams started working very professionally, divided themselves in three parts and assign themselves duties according to their skills. One of the three teams was technical staff which started cutting the cement collapsed roof and other two teams go with the removing debris and bringing people out of the destructed building. Local people of the area became the very useful helping hands of rescue teams and work with them continually to save there loved ones. But human wishes don't come true every time, around 24 of the people were already dead.
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| Jamiya Hanfia Collapsed: People helping rescue teams |
Remaining people were saved and transferred to the hospitals, but around 7-8 of the saved ones are also very critical. May Allah grant them life with complete healthy physical condition.
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| Jamiya Hanfia collapse: Rescue mission |
Among the people gone for prayer in that mosque a 10-year old minor child was also there, and died in the incident, Afterwards I came to know that, small kid gone to offer prayer in that mosque was nephew of my little sister's school teacher. All the school staff went to offer the funeral prayer of that child "Hamza"
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| Jamiya Hanfia collapse: 10-year old Hamza died in incident |
But here comes the Allah's will. When all the rescue operation was done and team were back, a boy received a call at night from his friend saying that three of them are still trapped in the debris and they are perfectly fine. The boy rushed to the concerning people and those three were saved, which proves that no matter what, the person Allah wants to live, he live.
Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif visited the place and other politicians showed griefs over the incident. What could happen more??? May be government announces some compensation money or else .....
But they people who have been gone can't come back and nothing in this world can compensate it.
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