Karachi Rain: Mayor asks to avoid unnecessary movement

KARACHI: Ridiculously, despite the claims of spending gazillion of rupees, just one hour of rain on Saturday (3rd of Feb, 2024) evening has submerged the Metropolis, exposing the administration’s inefficiency.

The Mayor took to the X (Twitter) to appeal: “Please avoid unnecessary movement. It’s still raining in different areas. Teams have been deployed to clear the major arteries of the city. Naalaas are flowing on full capacity. Some of the pumping stations have shut down. Issues are being addressed. Will keep people posted!”

🚨 Flooding situation on Shahrah Faisal in Karachi.. Vehicles drowned! The situation in other areas of the city has also worsened. Due to heavy rains, the low lying areas were submerged. So far, 77 mm of rain has been recorded at Burns Road, 64 in central areas and 62 mm in… pic.twitter.com/iRbblswMBT

— PakWeather.com (@Pak_Weather) February 3, 2024

🚨 ALERT: Scenes from Tariq Road just 45mins ago ⛈️⛈️

Weather Updates PK 2.0 – Jawad Memon / Pakistan Doppler pic.twitter.com/N39Un1iJYK

— Weather Updates PK (@WeatherWupk) February 3, 2024

The rain that commenced at 8PM inundated major arteries. PAF Faisal Base received 75 millimeters of rainfall, Malir (64mm), Surjani Town (63.8mm), Keamari (55mm), Quaidabad (52mm), Old Airport area (51mm), Gulshan-e-Hadeed (50mm), PAF Masroor Base (47.2mm), Jinnah Terminal (42mm), Saadi Town (37.6mm), North Karachi (33.6mm), University Road (30mm), Gulshan-e-Maymar (23.8mm), Nazimabad (23.5mm) and Korangi (15mm).

🚨 ALERT: Worst Situation at Shahra e Faisal , Karachi Right now⛈️

Weather Updates PK 2.0 – Jawad Memon / Pakistan Doppler pic.twitter.com/LlcDL2RLzJ

— Weather Updates PK (@WeatherWupk) February 3, 2024

Uffffff…..Heavy rain in Karachi..

Again back In January 🥶🥶🥶#KarachiRain pic.twitter.com/rKExyy8p4p

— 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐢 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐮 (@i_Rizuu) February 3, 2024

Rainfall in Karachi on 3rd, 4th Feb

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