Karachi (August 23, 2017): Nineteen people have died in various rain-related incidents here after heavy thunder rains that lashed the city last night and continued throughout the night intermittently and the night before.
According to reports two motorcycle riders were killed when live power cable fell on them in Garden area. In another incident a woman was electrocuted near Aga Khan Jamaat Khan in North Nazimabad.
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In yet another rain-related incident young sister and her younger brother died when the roof of a dilapidated housed caved in near Disco Mor area. A woman and a man were killed when a roof of a house collapsed in Lasi Goth and Faqir Goth. A woman and another identified person were killed in a roof collapse incident in Gulshan and Clifton areas of the city. A man was electrocuted in Bangoria Goth area.
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The rains have also effected all other activities including attendance at educational institutions, offices, and places of work. The flooding of boulevards, roads, streets, lanes, and by-lanes flooded has resulted in slowing down the traffic flow.
The heavy rains have turned roads and streets everywhere into streams, ponds, and lakes. Many areas of the city remain without power which went out with rains and has not yet been restored. Residents of many areas spent the night in the dark. It may mentioned here that 90 percent of the city was plunged into darkness after the heavy rains last night.
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The heavy rains have also turned the sprawling Maveshi Mandi (cattle market) along Super Highway set up here at which goats, sheep, cows, oxen, and camels are brought from all over the province and beyond into wet, soaked, and flooded stretch of acres and acres of land posing difficulties for the cattle sellers.
The piles of stinking mixture of over-flowing sewer and rain water at every nook and corner is posing serious threat to public health.
According to Meteorological Department more heavy rains are expected this evening.
The heavy rains, however, have also turned weather extra pleasant for Karachiites by bringing relief from the heat wave just a couple of days ago.
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