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brought a brief reprieve from the First Spell of Monsoon Brings Painful Memories to assist citizens.
Karachi: The first day of the week
Taking to Twitter, Wahab said
heat for Karachiites as the city woke that the municipal and administra-
up to the year’s first spell of mon- of Last Year’s Disastrous Rains in Karachi tive staff was doing its best to clear
soon rainfall. However, for many it rainwater. “I have travelled around
brought back painful memories of Airport (3.0mm), Surjani (2.8mm), the city and the situation appears to
last year’s disastrous rains. PAF Masroor Base (1.0mm) be under control and traffic is also
The rain claimed the life of a and Nazimabad (1.0mm). normal so far,” he said.
young boy in Alfalah society. SHO People’s anxi- ety over Sindh Minister for Local Gov-
Rashid Din said that Hammad was the rainfall was com- p o u n d e d ernment, Housing, Town Planning
riding his bicycle when he encoun- by power outages across the city. and Information Syed Nasir Hus-
tered rainwater that had accumu- The utility company, K-Electric, sain Shah said that the Met depart-
lated on the street. He touched an said it had received reports of out- ment had not predicted any rainfall
electricity pole and was electrocut- ages from multiple parts of Karachi, for Monday. “Traditionally, the Met
ed, the official said. adding that it was “monitoring the department informs the provincial
The unexpected rainfall situation”. government and the relevant de-
became the talk of the town a s “Power supply to city remains partments,” he lamented.
#Monsoon2021 and #KarachiRain intact. A few parts of Baldia, Sur- The minister also urged all lo-
started trending on Twitter. jani, Clifton and DHA are currently cal bodies across the province to
“Thank you #KarachiRain. I facing outage with Gadap being mobilize resources and to ensure
think we have had enough for the the most affected. Currently supply water is drained from low-lying ar-
season already. Please take it easy from approximately 500 feeders re- eas.
now,” said one citizen. mains affected whereas 1,400 feed- Last year, record-breaking tor-
Another prayed for everyone ers are operational. Supply to Dha- rential rainfall had paralyzed life in
to stay safe. beji was restored on priority,” the the metropolis and claimed more
Federal Minister for Shipping company said in an update shared than 20 lives across the province.
and Maritime Affairs Ali Haider at 8:30am. The monsoon spell had laid bare the
Zaidi took the opportunity to criti- Meanwhile, the rainfall also af- rain and drizzle had been predicted. under its influence intermittent poor state of Karachi’s infrastruc-
cize the Sindh government. fected traffic in the city, Traffic po- He said most areas had received light/moderate rain is likely to con- ture as several areas remained sub-
“The federal government has lice urged people to drive carefully, light rain, save for a few including tinue till July 16 in Karachi,” the of- merged under water for days. The
done and is doing all it can to help adding that officials were monitor- Gulshan-i-Hadeed. ficial added. flooding also damaged vehicles and
the useless and corrupt provincial ing the situation in order to keep Commenting on the weather property.
Sindh government, who for years the citizens informed. The state- outlook for the next 24 hours, the Sindh govt springs into action Angered by the lack of pre-
failed to clean the storm drains and ment added that citizens could call official said it would remain cloudy Sindh government spokesper- paredness and response by the De-
pick up trash. Hope we don’t drown the 1915 helpline for queries and in most areas with intermittent light son Murtaza Wahab directed the fenze Housing Authority (DHA)
in our own garbage once again,” he concerns. rainfall. He said light to moderate authorities concerned to ensure that and the Cantonment Board Clifton
said. rainfall could be expected at night water does not accumulate in low- (CBC), residents had filed a petition
Data from the meteorological Intermittent rains till July 16 as well. lying areas. in the Sindh High Court against
department showed that during the In a video statement, Pakistan Sarfaraz said this weather sys- “Water is being drained from both bodies for their “abject failure
last 24 hours, Gulshan-i-Hadeed re- Meteorological Department’s Kara- tem, comprising light to moderate busy highways,” he said in a state- to perform basic duties”.
ceived the highest amount of rain- chi head Sardar Sarfaraz said that rainfall, would prevail for the next ment, adding that water had not In September 2020, Prime Min-
fall (17mm), followed by PAF Faisal the department had earlier predict- three to four days with intermittent accumulated around Wazir Man- ister Imran Khan had also unveiled
Base (5.0mm), University Road ed that the monsoon season would spells. sion in Kharadar. Wahab said that a “historic” financial package worth
Met Complex (4.3mm), North Ka- begin from July 15. “As per the latest weather situ- efforts were underway to ensure Rs1.1 trillion for Karachi’s transfor-
rachi (4.2mm), Landhi (4.0mm), “However, there was a chance ation, monsoon currents of moder- citizens don’t face any difficulties mation to address the chronic mu-
Sadi Town (3.6mm), Jinnah Ter- of [rainfall] happening before that,” ate intensity are penetrating lower during the rainfall, adding that the nicipal and infrastructure issues of
minal (3.2mm), MOS - Old Area he said, adding that chances of light Sindh from north Arabian Sea and local administration was on ground the country’s financial hub.
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