Summary According to the Met department, there will be more rainfall during the next 24 hours.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Heavy rainfall in Karachi Saturday morning disrupted routine affairs and claimed six lives after every nook and corner was consumed by water, causing incidents including wall crumbling, roads muddling and electrocution killed six people including a child. The meteorological department recorded 39 millimeter rain in Saddar, 12mm in Faisal Base, and 6mm at University Road.
Intense winds uprooted trees and signboards, damaged electricity wiring, tripped electricity feeders whereas grid stations were affected badly. However, K-Electric (KE) has claimed that all tripped feeders have been restored, in fact, areas affected by cable faults have started receiving electricity from alternative sources.
According to KE, emergency has been imposed in the industrial zone and the rapid response team is already mending damaged wires.
One person was killed after a wall crumbled while another was injured in the incident. In Neeol Colony, a child was killed while two others were injured. Another man died after being electrocuted near the Ram das building.
According to the Met department, there will be more rainfall during the next 24 hours.
Even after 24 hours, roads are still consumed by water because the management has failed to make restoration efforts. KMC Karachi, Cantonment Board, district administration were working after hours for fixing water drainage. As late as 3pm, water could not be extracted from roads.
