Narowal: Rescue 1122 staff caught 29 poisonous snakes from an under-construction house in Alam Town, Antuwali, Shakargarh tehsil.
District Emergency Officer (Rescue 1122) Engineer Aurangzeb told private media that they received a call from a resident, Mushtaq, who reported that a poisonous snake had entered his under-construction house.
Acting on the call, Rescue 1122 teams from Shakargarh reached the site and began searching under bricks and other construction material. During the operation, they found many poisonous snakes hiding under a pile of bricks. Some snakes slithered into a hole dug for a sewerage line.
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After a three-hour-long effort, the rescuers caught 29 snakes, ranging from one-and-a-half to five feet in length.
Locals gathered outside the house on learning about the snakes. Two residents, Naeem and Arif Hussain, said that recent floods in the area had displaced many snakes and other wild animals, some of which entered residential areas.
The DEO said that all snakes were safely released back into the wild. Deputy Commissioner Syed Hassan Raza added that snakes are part of wildlife, so the rescuers caught them alive and released them in the forest.
He advised people to immediately contact Rescue 1122 in such emergencies and avoid taking risks themselves.
