JULY 19 - Karachi rains have broken the 30-year record and the rain-related death toll has reached 22 with more than 60 reported injured.
The News has reported that the Karachi airport phones went dead after the rains and the citizens were facing hardship in enquiring about the flights schedules.
City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal took tour of different parts of the city in the wee hours of Sunday to take stock of the situation following the heavy downpour.
Earlier, he advised the citizens not to come out on streets until the standing water was drained out from the roads and streets.
According to news reports and information reaching us, Karachi plunged into darkness following suspension of power supply from Wapda that resulted in complete collapse of the KESC system.
A complete blackout in the city was caused by a fault in the 550kV transmission line after heavy rains near Multan which suspended KESC's link with Jamshoro.
Power supply from all units of Bin Qasim Thermal Power Plants and Korangi Thermal Power Stations remained disrupted for quite sometime. Hub Chowki link is the only one still providing nominal amount of electricity to the city.
Meanwhile, twenty-two people were killed and dozens injured in rain-related incidents on Saturday. It was the first rain of the monsoon season that lashed the city paralysing it completely.
More than 3 inches of rain was recorded on Saturday and the downpour spell is to continue Sunday also including in Sindh, the Met office reported today.
According to AAJ TV channel, five people including a child and her mother were killed and 34 injured due to roof and wall collapse in Orangi and Baldia Town.
Twenty-four houses collapsed due to heavy rain in Orangi, Baldia, Surjani Town, and Ranchore Line.
Quoting hospital sources, the channel claimed that seven people including a boy and his father were electrocuted. A young man was drowned in the sea. His body was later washed ashore and taken to the hospital for autopsy. In two other incidents, a person drowned at Hawkesbay while a body with gun shots marks was brought to hospital from Lyari, ARY reported.
A portion of a sixth floor of a building collapsed and fell on an adjacent house in Ramswami area of Runchor Line. As a result sleeping in the house a man named Badar, his wife, Rani, their two children Rehman, 5, and Rudaba, 7 were killed while Mohsin, 10 was injured, The News reported today.
Long queues of uncountable jammed buses, cars, rickshaws, hi-roof vehicles, motorbikes were seen stranded on many roads of the metropolis in over knee-deep rainwater which was flowing from one road onto the other even onto footpaths because of the drainage system's failure.
The deteriorated situation created immense difficulties for the general public who went on foot to wade through knee-deep rainwater to reach their destinations.
Streets and small alleys of Keamari, Lyari, Bin Qasim and Gadap towns were to have been completely inundated.
On M.A. Jinnah road, Business Recorder Road, Guru Mandir roundabout, Kharadar road in front of Edhi's central office, Numaish roundabout, under-construction Jail roundabout rainwater overflowed footpaths, according to AAJ TV.
Roads in Landhi, Malir, Nazimabad, SITE and other parts of the city were also reported to be flooded. However, later on vehicular traffic jam started easing as rain stopped and accumulated rainwater from roads started flowing into gutters.
However, in city areas where new roads have been constructed along with laying of new drainage system, there had been no water accumulation.
According to ARY, "the City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal visited various Towns and found the situation satisfactory saying that it had been due to the development works done by the Haq Parast leadership during the last 4 years".
The News has reported that the Karachi airport phones went dead after the rains and the citizens were facing hardship in enquiring about the flights schedules.
City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal took tour of different parts of the city in the wee hours of Sunday to take stock of the situation following the heavy downpour.
Earlier, he advised the citizens not to come out on streets until the standing water was drained out from the roads and streets.
According to news reports and information reaching us, Karachi plunged into darkness following suspension of power supply from Wapda that resulted in complete collapse of the KESC system.
A complete blackout in the city was caused by a fault in the 550kV transmission line after heavy rains near Multan which suspended KESC's link with Jamshoro.
Power supply from all units of Bin Qasim Thermal Power Plants and Korangi Thermal Power Stations remained disrupted for quite sometime. Hub Chowki link is the only one still providing nominal amount of electricity to the city.
Meanwhile, twenty-two people were killed and dozens injured in rain-related incidents on Saturday. It was the first rain of the monsoon season that lashed the city paralysing it completely.
More than 3 inches of rain was recorded on Saturday and the downpour spell is to continue Sunday also including in Sindh, the Met office reported today.
According to AAJ TV channel, five people including a child and her mother were killed and 34 injured due to roof and wall collapse in Orangi and Baldia Town.
Twenty-four houses collapsed due to heavy rain in Orangi, Baldia, Surjani Town, and Ranchore Line.
Quoting hospital sources, the channel claimed that seven people including a boy and his father were electrocuted. A young man was drowned in the sea. His body was later washed ashore and taken to the hospital for autopsy. In two other incidents, a person drowned at Hawkesbay while a body with gun shots marks was brought to hospital from Lyari, ARY reported.
A portion of a sixth floor of a building collapsed and fell on an adjacent house in Ramswami area of Runchor Line. As a result sleeping in the house a man named Badar, his wife, Rani, their two children Rehman, 5, and Rudaba, 7 were killed while Mohsin, 10 was injured, The News reported today.
Long queues of uncountable jammed buses, cars, rickshaws, hi-roof vehicles, motorbikes were seen stranded on many roads of the metropolis in over knee-deep rainwater which was flowing from one road onto the other even onto footpaths because of the drainage system's failure.
The deteriorated situation created immense difficulties for the general public who went on foot to wade through knee-deep rainwater to reach their destinations.
Streets and small alleys of Keamari, Lyari, Bin Qasim and Gadap towns were to have been completely inundated.
On M.A. Jinnah road, Business Recorder Road, Guru Mandir roundabout, Kharadar road in front of Edhi's central office, Numaish roundabout, under-construction Jail roundabout rainwater overflowed footpaths, according to AAJ TV.
Roads in Landhi, Malir, Nazimabad, SITE and other parts of the city were also reported to be flooded. However, later on vehicular traffic jam started easing as rain stopped and accumulated rainwater from roads started flowing into gutters.
However, in city areas where new roads have been constructed along with laying of new drainage system, there had been no water accumulation.
According to ARY, "the City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal visited various Towns and found the situation satisfactory saying that it had been due to the development works done by the Haq Parast leadership during the last 4 years".
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