Heavy to moderate rain in City

LAHORE : Heavy to moderate but scattered rain was witnessed in the city here on Saturday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours.

The rain started early morning and continued till evening in spans. The highest rain was recorded at Tajpura where Wasa recorded 57 mm rain. Data showed that 56 mm rain was recorded at Mughalpura, Airport (50 mm), Lakshmi Chowk (49 mm), Farrukhabad and Iqbal Town (46 mm each), Pani Wala Talab and Gulshan-e-Ravi (44 mm each), Upper Mall and Chowk Nakhuda (43 mm each), Nishtar Town and Samanabad (37 mm each), Head Office Wasa Gulberg (30 mm), Qurtaba Chowk (28 mm), City and Jail Road (18 mm each) and Johar Town (17 mm).

Following the scattered heavy to moderate rain, Wasa’s MD Ghafran Ahmed moved heavy machinery to most affected localities and directed the field formations to immediately start rainwater drainage process. He remained in the field and supervised the operation. Later, MD Wasa visited other city areas and disposal stations of Wasa.

Traffic was slowed down due to rain on Canal Bank Road, Ferozpur Road, Multan Road and other localities. During the rain, a large number of motorcyclists took refuge under the underpasses of the city resulting in traffic jams. Many traffic signals were also seen out of order and traffic wardens were not present at the spot to control the traffic manually, which also resulted in jams. Most of the stagnant rainwater on the main roads was cleared till evening, MD Wasa said, adding the agency’s field formations were stationed at emergency camps to tackle more rains.