Gusty wind, rain interrupt power supply in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: The residents here on Saturday suffered enormously as the provincial capital was hit by gusty wind, thunderstorm and rain in the evening.

The city received about six millimeter rain that turned the Grand Trunk Road into a canal in isolated places right from the Haji Camp to the Board area along the under-construction corridor of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).

The dwellers of the city and its surrounding localities faced hardships due to power outages as power supply was suspended to majority of the areas with the start of the rains at about 4pm.

The power supply could not be restored to these areas till the filing of this story.

There were worst traffic jams at the University Road and some places on GT Road in the city and vehicles remained stuck for hours in these places.

According to the Met regional office, thunderstorm coupled with torrential rain occurred at scattered places in Malakand, Hazara, Mardan, Peshawar, Kohat and Dera Ismail Khan divisions and tribal areas.

It reported that Upper Dir received 04 millimeter, Lower Dir 11 mm, Chitral 05mm, Drosh 06mm, Saidu Sharif 06 mm, Malam Jabba 15 mm, Kohat 02 mm, Mirkhani 11mm, Pattan 04mm, Kalam 14mm, Kakul 03mm, Balakot 07mm, Peshawar 03, Parachinar 06mm while Dera Ismail Khan received light shower.

It further reported that partly cloudy weather was expected in most parts of the region.

However, thunderstorm and rain associated with strong gusty winds was expected at scattered places in Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Swat, Shangla, Chitral, Malakand, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, Kohistan, Haripur, Torghar, Mardan, Swabi, Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Kohat, Hangu, Karak districts and Kurram, Bajaur, Mohmand, Orakzai, Khyber agencies, while at isolated places in Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan and Tank districts and North and South Waziristan agencies.