Chowrangi

After days of drizzling and short bursts, it finally rained in Karachi. The rainfall started sunday afternoon and continued till evening. It again started to rain heavily at midnight which continued till wee hours of morning. By 2am Monday morning, 26mm of rain was recorded.

As usual, power breakdown occured in major part of the city with first drop of rain. According to a news report, despite tall claims made by the new management of the Karachi Eletcric Supply Corporation (KESC), regarding activation of its Rain Emergency Plan, almost half of the metropolis remained without electricity for hours, even after the rain stopped.

Due to the downpour, dozens of wire snapping incidents were also reported and many residents complained that despite lodging complaints, the KESC staff did not arrive to remove the live broken wires from roads and streets, which posed a serious threat to lives of the people.

The rains not only affected the KESC system, but it also played havoc with the communication system, including landline and cellular phone networks, which were badly affected due to the current spell of monsoon.

The power breakdowns caused an acute water shortage in many areas, as power disruption also hit the pumping stations of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KW&SB).

The rainfall also falsified disaster management claims of City District Government (CDGK). Most roads were underwater on monday, with patch-up work ripped open and swerage water flowing on the roads. If it continues to rain like that for a day or so, all construction work would be flooded for sure.

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