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#KarachiRain: Emergency Declared by Sindh Government, Relief & Rescue Operations Continue

by Hareem Zafar
written by Hareem Zafar

Heavy rains lash Karachi for the third day on Thursday, wreaking havoc in the city. Three children have died due to rain related accidents while roads are heavily flooded, causing landslides, and elongated power outages, reports Dawn News.

Emergency has been declared by the Sindh government as rain in Pakistan breaks a 90 year record. 

The water level in Hub Dam, that supplies drinking water to Karachi and meets the water needs of various areas in Balochistan crossed the 338-foot level on Thursday and is expected to fill to its maximum capacity for the first time in 13 years. 

According to Geo News reports, 339ft level can be crossed any time today, and the excess water will start overflowing from the spillways of the Hub Dam into the sea near Mubarak Village.

WAPDA officials informed Geo News that the management of Hub Dam, as well as the body and irrigation officials have started arriving at the dam to deal with the emergency situation following the water spillage from it.

The emergency gates of the dam will be opened before water from the spillways is discharged automatically, reports Geo News

Relief and Rescue Efforts

Relief and rescue operations continue for flood victims in various parts of Karachi, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) directorate.

Army engineers have used heavy machinery in an effort to stop water flow from Malir Nadi. “Water in Malir Nadi has reduced and backflow from Quaidabad to Malir Nadi has started. Army engineers’ boats are employed in various areas to shift stranded people to safer places,” reports, the Nation

The media wing of the military said that cooked meal was provided to the affectees, flood victims stuck due to the heavy downpour in the city.

Over 200 families have shifted to rooftops due to the heavy flooding in Dur Muhammad Goth, Malir Nadi, and Kohi Goth.

Army helicopters will be flying to rescue these families after weather clearance, said the ISPR.

Emergency Relief Helpline

The spirit of Karachi is alive as the people help a police van stuck in the rain in the video below:

People are giving shelter to the affected in their homes and NGOs have started collecting donations to provide relief to the flood victims. Here is how you can help too.

 

The incessant monsoon spell began before dawn and continued till evening in Karachi, breaking previous rainfall records in the city during the month of August. According to the Met department reports, it has rained 345 mm in August so far in the metropolis, breaking the August 1984 record of 298 mm.

Source: Geo TV

The Met Department warns about the trend continuing for two days, and reports about another system developing over the Bey of Bengal, likely to hit the province at the end of August, with several rainfall.

The Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, on account o urban flooding, has declared a rain emergency in Sindh. The government employees have been directed to report to their departments immediately in lieu of this emergency.

 

As Dawn News reports, the CM visited Malir, Airport and Shahrah-e-Faisal witnessing the low lying areas flooded with rain water.

“I have imposed rain emergency, we’re with the people in this challenging time,” the chief minister said, according to his spokesperson. Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah said that the Sindh government will not leave the people alone in this “time of need”.

The CM’s spokesperson infirmed that a vehicle mounted dewatering machines is working to drain the water near airport area.

Landsliding in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, areas in North Nazimabad, Azizabad, Surjani Town completely fooded

The road leading to Karachi University, Hassan Square and Safoora Chowrangi was inundated with few feet high rainwater.

Sewage and rainwater has entered people’s houses in Azizabad, North Nazimabad Block 2 areas. Nursery Pechs has been majorly flooded with cars literally drowning in rainwater.

The heavy showers have caused landsliding in Gulistan-e-Jauhar Block 3, resulting in 23 to 25 cars being severely damaged in the parking of a residential building. Thank fully there were no casualties reported and people in the nearby houses have been evacuated.

#Karachirain and Karachisinks have been trending on twitter since morning with people sharing rain related updates in their region.

More than 80% of the people living in Surjani town have been forced to relocate to safer places as water entered people’s homes.

Rainwater seeped into cars

Some of the areas in Karachi that have been heavily hit with rain include Malir, Landhi, Korangi, Shah Faisal Colony, Saadi Town, Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Federal B. Area Liaquatabad, North Karachi, Surjani Town, and North Nazimabad.

Almost three-feet deep rain water had accumulated on Karachi’s main artery — Shahrah-e-Faisal — as water could not be drained from either side of the road. Vehicles were stranded on the road in water, and many cars broke down as rainwater seeped into their engines.

The rainwater even seeped through at the Agha Khan University Hospital

People were cliff diving from the roof of their buildings- this is shocking and so sad. Seeing what Karachi has turned into.

The Sar e Aam famed anchorperson Iqrar ul Hassan came out on the streets to help the people stuck in rain

According to Geo News reports, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Faisal Base received the highest rainfall, at 125 millimetres (mm), report the Pakistan Met Department.

The PMD further warned that the ongoing monsoon spell is likely to continue till Thursday morning. And a new monsoon system is expected to enter Sindh by August 29-30.

Stay tuned for more rain related updates!

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The Clear Karachi Sky Looked Flawless Today & People were Obsessed!

by Hareem Zafar
written by Hareem Zafar

Every once a while we are forced to pause for a bit and admire the beauty of nature.  Today was one of those days!
As we all are aware, the rain in Sindh wreaked havoc in the province, causing major urban flooding. Several areas in Karachi, such as North Nazimabad, Surjani Town, Shah rah-e-Faisal, were drowning in rainwater.

The Sindh government had declared emergency in the province as many rain related accidents had occurred, taking some innocent lives too and engulfing the sky in darkness.

Despite the heavy downpour predictions for today, the sky started clearing up around noon , giving Karachiites a majestic view to admire. The after-rain sky is at a whole different level- the extra clean air, clear blue skies and the smell of wet soil transports you into a different world and you can’t help but stop and admire ‘mother nature’.

Here are a few people who shared some gorgeous shots of the magnificent sky today and we couldn’t help but share.

This one particular Twitter user by the name of Mariam Imrani couldn’t help but draw comparisons between the post-rain sky and the city that was sinking. How rain impacts differently to people of different classes! How it is a blessing for the rich but no less than hell for the poor. 

 

She compared the situation of Karachi with a powerful scene from the Oscar winning movie parasite- a movie on the harsh and heartbreaking reality of life. There was a scene in the movie where it pours heavily in Seoul Korea, wreaking havoc in the city, drowning many basement houses where the poor of the city reside; they end up losing almost all of their possessions.

While the blessed ones are busy admiring the sky and the pollution-free air after rain, the poor lament and mourn the loss of their belongings and a roof over their heads.

Indeed a harsh reality of life that is difficult to digest by many, but so many poor people in Karachi who can barely make ends meet, end up losing more than just their home every year when it rains. In areas such as Surjani Town and Orangi town, it is every year that their houses are flooded with gutter water and people get trapped inside. As we celebrate the rain, there are people whose houses are being destroyed by the same rain, leaving so many families to suffer.

Stay tuned for more interesting articles and updates!

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