FASIALABAD, July 12 Two persons were electrocuted and a six-year-old boy died in a roof-collapse incident after rains lashed the city on Monday.

Rescue 1122 said its teams handled about 10 emergency calls in which 20 people received multiple injuries when roofs of shops and houses collapsed in Warispura, Ghulam Mohammadabad, Liaqat Town, Jhumra Road and Rajbah Road. They said two persons -- Akbar on Sattiana Road and an unidentified man in Maqsoodabad -- were electrocuted and three others received electric shocks.

Six-year-old Arslan was killed when the roof of their house collapsed in Shamasabad.

A four-year-old boy was rescued from a rainwater pond in Samanabad and Rescue 1122 officials shifted him to Allied Hospital in critical condition.

Meanwhile, Faisalabad Commissioner Tahir Husain has asked Water and Sanitation Authority and Tehsil Municipal Authority officials to drain out rainwater from the flooded areas, says an official handout.

Cleanliness drive Environment Department students of the Government College University, Faisalabad, (GCUF) launched a “campus cleanliness” drive on Monday and displayed posters on the campus highlighting importance of the drive.

University's acting vice-chancellor Dr Shahid Mahboob Rana, addressing a ceremony held in this connection, said an educational institution was the second house of students and they should keep it clean and do their utmost for its wellbeing.

He lauded students' efforts for launching the cleanliness drive, and urged the students of other departments to join hands with them for a success of the movement. He also visited different blocks of the university to inspect the drive.

Environment Department Chairman Dr Ahmed Saeed told the VC that the students were taking part in the drive vigorously. He said through the drive a massage had been disseminated in society, particularly on the campus, that little efforts could make our environment clean and pleasant.

He said the department had launched a campaign of “One student, one tree” in the university.

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