Scattered rain in City

LAHORE:Moderate but scattered rain was witnessed in various city localities here on early Monday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours.

The rain started in the early morning and continued till noon in spans. Following the rain, the Wasa field staff cleared the ponding points till afternoon. Wasa MD Ghafran Ahmed also came out in the field and visited several localities and ponding points in the city. He also monitored the drainage operation moment by moment from the Monsoon Control Room established in the Wasa head office. Monday’s highest maximum temperature was recorded at Nokkundi and Dalbandin where mercury reached 47°C while in Lahore it was 33.6°C and minimum was 23.5°C.