Light to heavy rain in several areas including Tower, Saddar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Landhi, Bin Qasim Town, Malir, Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Sarjani, Haideri, Liaquatabad, Orangi Town, Korangi, Clifton, Airport. Happened
With the rains, power went out in many areas of Karachi. The areas where complaints of power outages were received include Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Federal B Area, North Nazimabad, Musa Colony, Karimabad, Landhi, Korangi, Malir, Shah. Faisal Colony, President, Tower and others were included. In Karachi, a man was electrocuted as a result of rain.
Safiullah, 20, was unplugging a button at his home in the Mosquito Colony area when he was electrocuted, rescue and police officials said.
The body was shifted to Dr Rath Fa Civil Hospital for legal proceedings while the area's SHO Azam Rajpar said the family was not interested in legal proceedings.
The highest rainfall of 170 mm was recorded in Karachi at Surjani after which water has entered the area.Besides, 88 mm rain was recorded in North Karachi, 85.6 mm in Nazimabad and North Nazimabad and 77 mm in Gulshan-e-Hadid.20.5 mm in Landhi and 18.2 mm in Jinnah Terminal.
At the same time, 14 mm of rain was recorded in PAF Faisal and 6.7 mm in Pahlawan Goth. Stay away from PMTs.The spokesman said that obtaining electricity from illegal sources is fatal and unsafe use of electrical appliances like water motor in rain and standing water can lead to accidents.
It may be recalled that the Meteorological Department had forecast strong monsoon spell in Sindh and Balochistan including Karachi for the next three days from Friday which will enter the region today and last till Monday. In a statement issued by the Meteorological Department It was said that the fresh rain system under the influence of monsoon season could lead to torrential rains and strong winds in Karachi and other parts of the province.
In its brief statement, the Meteorological Department had further said that strong monsoon system is expected to spread in Sindh from Friday to Monday. Under this rain system, Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Shaheed Benazirabad, Dadu, Tharparkar, Strong winds and thundershowers are expected in Mirpur Khas, Umerkot, Sanghar, Sukkur, Larkana, Lasbela, Khuzdar, Barkhan, Zhob, Musa Khel, Laura Lai, Kohlu and Sibi from Friday to Monday.
Earlier, heavy rains lashed the eastern parts of Sindh and Balochistan, including Karachi, from August 6 to 9, causing floods in some parts of Karachi and Hyderabad. The monsoon wreaked havoc in various parts of Sindh. Several people were killed in Karachi as a result of the fourth spell of the monsoon.
It should be noted that this will be the fifth spell of rains in Karachi, in which rains with thunder and lightning are forecast in the city.
Earlier this month, the city had received intermittent thunderstorms from the 6th to the 9th of this month, while from the beginning to the end of last month, the city leader had witnessed 3 monsoon spells, which caused administrative inattention There were severe difficulties.
Rains earlier this month flooded most parts of the city, while some of the city's drains were cleaned, making the situation somewhat better than last month.
It is to be noted that due to the rains at the end of last month, most areas of the city were inundated due to non-cleaning of drains and overflowing of drains, due to which the rains had turned into a blessing for the people. More than two dozen people were electrocuted during the rains and lost their lives in various accidents. Political parties criticized each other over the situation in the city after the rains and the federal government blamed the provincial government for all this. Was hanged.
