Second monsoon spell goes soft on Hyd
As commuters face difficulties due to stagnant rainwater on the roads, children in Larkana grin in joy, enjoying the weather with their friends. photo: PPI
The second spell of monsoon showers, early on Sunday morning, once again partially inundated a number of low-lying localities and roads in Hyderabad. The power outages, which instantly followed, lasted till afternoon.
The rain started early in the morning. The spokesman of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) Sadiq Kubar claimed that by 9.45 am, around three to four hours later, power supply from 97 electricity feeders in Hyderabad was restored but 55 feeders still remained shut because of tripping.
The Pakistan Meteorolo-gical Department (PMD) recorded 21 millimeter rainfall in Hyderabad. The shower readings of PMD and the district administration often show a difference with the latter coming up with greater amounts of rainfall.
Meanwhile, torrential showers hit Larkana district with the PMD recording up to 86 mm rain by 5.30 pm. Several localities, commercial areas and main roads came under ankle to knee deep water. Rainwater accumulated on Syed Qaim Shah Bukhari, Market, Civil Hospital, SP Chowk, Bhains Colony and many other important roads, forcing motorists and pedestrians to wade through water.
Even ambulances face difficulty reaching the civil hospital.
The citizens complained that the authorities failed to desilt drainage network which resulted in flooding the localities and neighbourhoods with sewage mixed rainwater.
It also rained on Sunday in Sukkur, Khairpur, Noushehro Feroze, Jacobabad, Mirpurkhas, Badin, Benazirabad, Tharparkar and other districts. The PMD recorded up to 20 mm rain in Sukkur and Noushehro Feroze, 17 in Khairpur and Jacobabad.