Third spell of downpour unleashes devastation in Karachi
The third spell of downpour Monday unleashed devastation in Karachi as most territories in the city's northern regions stayed immersed with water, making residents endure because of urban flooding, delayed force blackouts, and gridlocks.
Substantial storm in Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Ayesha Manzil, Baldia, Power House Chowrangi, Orangi Town and Haideri made streets and avenues become immersed.
Also, three to four feet of water collected in certain local locations of the city, hampering the progression of traffic and prompting gridlocks.
In spite of a prior expectation of the third spell of rainstorm by the Metrological Department, the organization neglected to make the courses of action to handle the since quite a while ago looked for issue of urban flooding in the port city.
When it began coming down, numerous streets in Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Gulistan-e-Jauhar were immersed. Gridlocks followed and as vehicles got abandoned on the two sides of the Safari Park.
In such manner, the Central District Chairman Rehan Hashmi said that the urban flooding circumstance in the city would keep on continuing as before until the downpour stops. In any case, he said that the DMC focal area has done what was conceivable to keep the city from flooding circumstance.
"The circumstance calls for improving framework in urban territories," he included.
Eight individuals dead in downpour related episodes since Sunday
Since yesterday, at any rate eight individuals have kicked the bucket in downpour related mishaps and in excess of 550 K-Electric (KE) feeders had stumbled as the third spell of downpour lashed the city.
As per police, most passings happened because of electric shock in discrete occurrences across Karachi. Among the casualties was a 10-year-old youngster, an inhabitant of Gulshan-e-Hadeed Phase 2, a 22-year-old living from Landhi's Qazzafi Town, and someone else from Garden region's Fawwara Chowk neighborhood, salvage authorities said.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) had a week ago estimate the third spell of rainstorm in Karachi with substantial downpour and tempest in the port city between July 26 and July 27.
The third spell of downpour Monday unleashed devastation in Karachi as most territories in the city's northern regions stayed immersed with water, making residents endure because of urban flooding, delayed force blackouts, and gridlocks.
Substantial storm in Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Ayesha Manzil, Baldia, Power House Chowrangi, Orangi Town and Haideri made streets and avenues become immersed.
Also, three to four feet of water collected in certain local locations of the city, hampering the progression of traffic and prompting gridlocks.
In spite of a prior expectation of the third spell of rainstorm by the Metrological Department, the organization neglected to make the courses of action to handle the since quite a while ago looked for issue of urban flooding in the port city.
When it began coming down, numerous streets in Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Gulistan-e-Jauhar were immersed. Gridlocks followed and as vehicles got abandoned on the two sides of the Safari Park.
In such manner, the Central District Chairman Rehan Hashmi said that the urban flooding circumstance in the city would keep on continuing as before until the downpour stops. In any case, he said that the DMC focal area has done what was conceivable to keep the city from flooding circumstance.
"The circumstance calls for improving framework in urban territories," he included.
Eight individuals dead in downpour related episodes since Sunday
Since yesterday, at any rate eight individuals have kicked the bucket in downpour related mishaps and in excess of 550 K-Electric (KE) feeders had stumbled as the third spell of downpour lashed the city.
As per police, most passings happened because of electric shock in discrete occurrences across Karachi. Among the casualties was a 10-year-old youngster, an inhabitant of Gulshan-e-Hadeed Phase 2, a 22-year-old living from Landhi's Qazzafi Town, and someone else from Garden region's Fawwara Chowk neighborhood, salvage authorities said.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) had a week ago estimate the third spell of rainstorm in Karachi with substantial downpour and tempest in the port city between July 26 and July 27.
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