KARACHI: Twelve people died in rain-related incidents here on Tuesday (19th Aug, 2025), including four members of a family who expired when walls of their Gulistan-e-Jauhar house collapsed; a 50-year-old man drowned in a Gurumandar nullah; an 8-year-old boy in Orangi got buried under falling debris; 2 men died from electrocution in DHA and N Karachi.
Although lots of people complained of outage, KE claimed that 1,285 out of 2,100 feeders continued to supply electricity. Since due to rampant corruption, the budget meant for ameliorating the living condition of citoyens, is usurped to purchase lucrative real estate abroad, even a moderate rain kills people, submerge the Metropolis, inundate arteries like Sharah-e-Faisal and II Chundrigar Road.
Massive traffic jams due to flooded roads and underpasses kept the tax payers on the roads for hours. Hundreds of commuters had to leave their vehicles on the roads when fuel exhausted. Thousands of citoyens stranded on the roads had to spend the night with their families in the vehicles. Moreover, flights’ schedule was also disrupted. Anticipating further downpour, CM Sindh has announced 20th August, as provincial holiday.
Since, due to the deluge, workers failed to reach their places of work, supply chain was affected and thus industries failed to produce goods. Commodities ready to be sent abroad remained stuck in the factories as neither labourers nor transport was available to carry the consignments to the port. Many traders lamented that rain water entered their shops and warehouses and had destroyed their wares.
North Karachi Association of Trade and Industry (NKATI) President Faisal Moiz Khan said 80pc of the 4,500 units in the area halted production due to worker absenteeism. With 70pc of NKATI’s industries export-oriented, the suspension of second and third shifts will cause major disruptions. He added that rain and road closures have severely affected the supply chain for goods and raw materials.
Taking to the Instagram ZAB Jr held: “Our Karachi is drowning, heavy rainfall and a lack of initiative to fix the city’s infrastructure. Contractors work and pocket money while the very geography of the city is built on river deltas and flood plains, places naturally designed to collect and most importantly drain water.”
Rainfall till 8PM (19th August, 2025):
177mm Gulshan-i-Hadeed;
158.5mm Airport Old Area;
153mm Jinnah Terminal;
149.6mm Nazimabad;
145.2mm Surjani Town;
140mm Keamari;
140.2mm Saadi Town;
134mm DHA Phase VII 134mm;
133mm University Road;
128mm PAF Base Faisal;
108.4mm North Karachi;
132.2mm Korangi;
98mm Gulshan-i-Maymar;
87mm PAF Masroor Base;
66.2mm Orangi Town;
4.8mm Bahria Town.
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