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Karachi: After heavy rain in various areas of Shahr Quaid, the roads were flooded while more than 700 feeders were tripped and various areas were plunged into darkness.
According to the details, as per the prediction of the Meteorological Department, the rain system started to fall in the city after the evening and soon there was heavy rain in almost all the areas.
It rained heavily for more than 20 minutes in various areas including Landhi, Korangi, Defence, Clifton, II Chand Regar Road, Tower, Kemari, Bolton Market, Saddar, Gulistan Johar, Gulshan Iqbal, Nipa, Liaquatabad, Sarjani. During this time, the wind also blew.
The spokesperson of K Electric says that electricity has been switched off in various areas of the city under security measures.
Due to the heavy rain, various roads of the city got flooded and started to present the scene of a pond due to which the motorcycles and vehicles of the citizens were also stopped.
After the rain in his area, 700 feeders were tripped due to which various areas of Liaquatabad, Gulshan Iqbal, Nazimabad, PIB, Mimar and Landhi were plunged into darkness.
Apart from this, due to lack of drainage, urban flooding situation has arisen in many areas of Karachi.
CEO Water Corporation Engineer Syed Salahuddin Ahmed issued orders to Chief Engineer Sewerage to keep all jetting and suction machines ready at all times while imposing emergency in Water Corporation in view of possible rain across the city.
According to the Water Board spokesperson, all the executive engineers have been instructed to remain in their respective areas while it has been said that the machinery should be delivered to all the important highways across the city before the rains.
The highest rainfall is 75 mm on Shahrah Faisal
The meteorological department has released the ongoing data of rain in the city on Saturday night, according to which the highest rainfall was recorded at PAF Base Faisal (Shahrah Faisal) at 75 mm, while Malir Halt received 64 mm, Sarjani Town 63.8 mm. mm, Kemari received 55 mm, Quaidabad 52 mm, Oldairport 51 mm each.
Similarly, 50 mm at Gulshan Hadid, 47.2 mm at PAF Base Masrur, 42 mm at Jinnah Terminal, 37.6 mm at Saadi Town, 33.6 mm at North Karachi, 23.8 mm at Gulshan Mimar, 23.5 mm at Nazimabad and 15 mm at Korangi. Meters of rain were recorded.
Citizens should not leave their homes unnecessarily, Mayor Karachi
Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab made an emergency visit to different areas of the city after the rain and appealed to the citizens not to leave their homes unnecessarily.
According to the details, Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab visited the PIDC pumping station and directed the concerned authorities including KMC and concerned DMCs to drain water from the low-lying areas.
Murtaza Wahab was briefed by the authorities that the drainage work has been started in the areas where the rain has stopped.
Mayor Karachi said that ‘rainwater should not accumulate in any area’. He appealed to the citizens not to come out of their homes due to rain.
Later, Mayor Karachi visited II Chandrigar Road, Pakistan Chowk, Burns Road.
He said that power supply has been restored at PIDC pumping station, four pumping stations of Lyari are being run on generators, drainage work is going on in different areas of the city. Even now, it is raining intermittently in different areas.
Caretaker Chief Minister’s instructions to officers, contact with Mayor Karachi
Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice (Retd) Maqbool Baqir issued instructions to the officers in view of the heavy rain across the province, while he also called Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab and got information about the situation after the rain.
The Chief Minister of Sindh has issued instructions to ensure the drainage of rainwater in Karachi in all cases, while he issued instructions to the CEO of the Water Board to take measures for the drainage of rainwater and said that suction machines The process of water drainage from low lying areas should be ensured with the help of
The Chief Minister of Sindh has directed the DIG Traffic to ensure the flow of traffic and to adopt all necessary measures in this regard. Help the people.
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