Pak Army continues relief and rescue efforts in flood hit areas of Karachi
Army mobile recovery vehicles have been deployed at various points to shift vehicles stuck in flood
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy are continuing relief and rescue efforts in flood hit areas of Karachi.
Pakistan Army engineers today cleared Karachi Port Trust, Civic Centre, Mohsin Bhopali and Golimar underpass for traffic, while work on Gizri underpass is in progress.
Besides, dewatering at multiple locations is continuing to ensure availability of civic facilities in the flood hit areas of the city.
Army mobile recovery vehicles have been deployed at various points to shift vehicles stuck in flood to ensure flow of traffic.
PAF distributes ration
Meanwhile, keeping the tradition of serving the nation during natural calamities, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) came to the succor of rain affected families of Karachi.
On the special instructions of Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, PAF Bases situated in Karachi are actively participating in relief operations in the rain affected areas, said the statement released here on Sunday.
Pakistan Air Force besides actively participating in relief efforts in flood like situation in some parts of the city, is also reaching out to the needy families whose houses have been inundated in the natural calamity.
As a humanitarian gesture, ration packs carrying basic food items and commodities such as flour, rice, sugar, oil, pulses etc. were distributed amongst over 1000 needy families of the worst hit areas in the recent torrential rains.
In the first phase ration packs were delivered in various low lying areas in the vicinity of PAF Base Faisal and PAF Base Masroor, including Grex, Masroor Colony, Budhni Goth, Haji Muhammad Goth, Musharraf Colony, Bilal Colony, Shah Faisal Colony and Al-Falah Society, it further said.
Medical camps
On Friday, the Pakistan Army is carrying out relief activities throughout the city. It has set up 32 medical camps at various points along with the civil administration.
Besides 56 relief camps for the affected people, three Army mobile hospitals have been set up in Surjani Town, Qayyumabad and Saadi Town.
Drainage work has been done at 9 different places in Karachi and Army troops are evacuating the victims to safety. A 50-bed hospital has also been set up in Surjani Town to provide medical aid to those affected by the rains. Moreover, Pakistan Army relief operations are also underway in Hyderabad, Badin and Dadu.
Meanwhile, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is engaged in relief work in rain-affected areas in Karachi. According to the NDMA spokesperson, the Pakistan Army is carrying out drainage and rehabilitation operations in collaboration with the civil administration.
He said that food, drinking water and other necessities were being provided to the people affected by the rains while 56 welfare centers have been set up in this regard.
The spokesman said that NDMA has handed over 3,000 tents to the Sindh government for the rehabilitation of rain-affected people.
Roads situation in Karachi
The flow of traffic on main roads in Karachi have been badly affected by the recent spell of the rain as long queues can be witnessed on Jam Sadiq Bridge, Korangi Industrial Area and KPT Interchange due to closure of Causeway.
Protest against K-Electric
The local administration has failed to repair the K-Electric system, creating problems for the residents who blocked main road of Clifton 8 and demanded to immediately restore the power.
The authorities told that underground wires in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and Clifton are still wet.
Urban flooding
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) issued urban flooding alert as seventh spell of monsoon rains hit the already inundated Sindh.
In a press release, the Met office informed that another monsoon rain-bearing system has entered the province which could aggravate existing urban flooding and waterlogging in lower Sindh.
Rain/wind-thundershowers, with isolated heavy to very heavy falls, are expected in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Shaheed Benazirabad, Dadu, Tharparker, Nagarparker, Mirpurkhas, Islam Kot, Umar Kot, Sanghar, Sukkur and Larkana.
Rain-thundershowers with isolated heavy falls are also predicted in Lasbella, Khuzdar, Awaran, Barkhan, Zhob, Musa Khel, Loralai, Kohlu and Sibbi during Sunday and Monday. The downpours are also expected in Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Khanpur, Rajanpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Khanewal and Sahiwal during the period.
On the other hand, heavy to very heavy falls are also expected in Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Narowal, Lahore, Kasur, Okara, Faisalabad, Jhang, Sargodha, Mianwali, Khushab, Toba Tek Singh from Monday to Wednesday. Heavy falls may also likely in Rajanpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Bahawalpur, Khanewal, Zhob and Barkhan.
The downpours are also predicted in Dir, Swat, Buner, Shangla, Kohistan, Haripur, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Peshawar, Charsadda, Swabi, Mardan, Kohat and Kurram from Monday to Wednesday.
