A day after the city administration warned residents to restrict their movement due to the predicted heavy rain, different parts of Karachi experienced intermittent showers coupled with thunderstorms on Friday.
II Chundrigar Road, Saddar, Sarjani Town, Malir, North Karachi, Korangi Industrial Area, Orangi Town, Baldia Town, Manghopir, Northern Bypass, and Sohrab Goth Town are some of the city’s areas that have received heavy rain.
Meanwhile, Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab posted about the city administration’s preparations to avoid any inconvenience to Karachi’s residents.
“Apart from pumps, 53 of these suction vehicles have been moved to various locations for clearing rainwater as and when required,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
The city’s mayor added that apart from traffic police, wardens have also been placed on major arteries to help ease the flow of traffic.
The torrential rain in the port city disrupted flight operations at the Jinnah International Airport. As per the details, Islamabad-bound flight PK-368 was delayed by over one hour.
Another Islamabad flight PK-308 was also delayed for one hour. Multan-bound flight PK-330 would depart around one hour late. A Peshawar-bound flight would face over 2 hours delay due to the heavy rain.
Another flight of a private airline, coming from Jeddah, would land at the Karachi airport one hour late due to the bad weather conditions.
The Sindh government had Thursday declared a rain emergency in the province and decided that offices in Karachi would be open for half a day today, viewing the forecast of heavy rains in the megalopolis.
The provincial government also cancelled evening classes in schools today. The Sindh School Education and Literacy Department, in a notification, said all private and public evening shift schools would remain closed.
Th Karachi mayor said the decision for the half-day was taken as an “abundant precaution”. He also requested citizens to avoid travelling unnecessarily to stave off any inconvenience.
According to Pakistan Meteorological Department Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfraz, more rain is likely in Karachi’s Gadap, Sarjani and Malir.
“The current spell of intermittent rain is likely to continue till tonight,” says the meteorologist, adding that a short-term cold wave would engulf Karachi following the rains.
Mercury is expected to fall to 10°C during the period, he added.
The temperature is expected to remain between 9 to 10°C after the rainfall in the suburban areas of the port city, the weatherman added.
