A man died and three others were injured when the roof of a store collapsed in the area of the Hyderabad wood market, since heavy rains caused urban floods and stopped civic life in the city on Monday, according to authorities.
The rains of the monsoon fall throughout the region from June to September, offering a breath of summer heat and are crucial to replenish water supplies. They are also vital for agriculture and, therefore, the livelihoods of millions of farmers and food security for the almost two billion people in southern Asia.
The Market Police Station officer, the house of the house of the house, Munir Abbasi Dawn.com“A person from Moro died and three others were injured when the roof of a store collapsed in the wood market area.”
A dust storm preceded the rain in the city, Latifabad and Qasimabad. The weather office recorded the speed of the rain at 42 nautical miles per hour with 94 millimeters of rain in the city, while 56 mm were recorded in Latifabad. However, the waterlogged situation was equally bad in both areas, regardless of the different rain volumes that are recorded.
The flood of the main roads worsened for the Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation (HW & SC) due to a massive energy breakdown.
The rain started around 4:20 pm and continued until 6 pm with moderate to high speed. People were seen through rainwater to the knees on roads and streets in different areas, while civic and district administration officials seemed to be fighting to deal with the situation.
The representatives of the district administration and the civic organisms were visiting several pumping stations to deal with the situation and guarantee the drainage of rainwater from the areas affected by the rain, including roads and market locations.
The Met office spokesman Anjum Nazir Zaighum said the rain was of a torrential nature. There is also a rain forecast in Sindh over the next few days.
The accumulation of rainwater led to the blockade of traffic on the main roads, including the high passage of Hyderabad-Latifabad, and the underground passage that connects the city with Latifabad remained completely closed due to the water of stagnant rainwife there.
Shah Makki Road remained flooded as well. Therefore, the majority of vehicular traffic was in the high pass of Latifabad. You could see a long tail of vehicles to Cantonment Severeyard Road.
The city remained without energy since Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) reported damage to its infrastructure. According to a statement from the spokesman for Hesco, four grid stations of the 132KV transmission system of energy utility were very affected when the towers connected with them fell due to the rain.
He said that the grid stations were connected with a 220kV circuit and that of 152 feeders, only 12 were not affected by the rain, while the remaining 140 fired. The spokesman said that 54 were revitalized later, and that the personnel inspected others to put them back online.
A huge tree fell into the transmission line in Fatima Jinnah Road, affecting the energy supply. The main HW & SC pumping stations, including Tulsi Das, which depended on the Hesco system, lost energy.
The mayor of Hyderabad, Kashif Shoro, blamed Hesco’s energy failure for the delay in rainwater drainage, adding that only 30 percent of the sewer facilities were now energized, but 70pc remained offline.
“I hope that all rainwater runs out tonight,” he said. He added that some pumping stations had received electricity, but faults were reported again, due to which they closed to repair. He said that the pumping stations Tulsi Das, Aga Khan, Poly and LD1 were main facilities that deal with rainwater drainage.
Sindh cm takes immediate measures on floods
Sindh’s prime minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, closely monitored the situation in Hyderabad after heavy rains that caused floods in several areas, according to a press release from the CM office.
He contacted the mayor to receive a detailed informative session on drainage efforts and directed urgent measures to accelerate water elimination. Due to the energy interruptions caused by Hesco’s feeding trips, pumping stations were temporarily closed, which hinders drainage operations.
The prime minister instructed the Minister of Energy, Nasir Shah, who coordinates with Hesco to restore electricity to the pumping stations immediately.
CM Murad emphasized the importance of restoring all the main roads to relieve public difficulties and asked all relevant departments, including district administrations, municipal organizations, the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board, Traffic Police and Rescue Services, to work in close coordination.
He stressed that public security remained the main priority of the government and warned that no negligence would not be tolerated.
Additional precautionary steps were ordered, which include maintaining drain pumps and alert staff in low areas, placing warning boards near electrical risks, maintaining 24 -hour control rooms and guaranteeing timely public information through media channels.
The prime minister also appealed to citizens to avoid unnecessary trips during the rains and cooperate with the authorities to mitigate the risks.
“The Sindh government continues to take all possible measures to minimize the interruption caused by the rains of the monsoon and safeguard the lives and ownership of its residents,” said the press release.
