Lahore: The provincial capital experienced rainfall for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, bringing pleasant weather and a noticeable drop in temperature, while the Met office has predicted more showers during the next 24 hours.
Four-spell rain started early in the morning which remained continue till evening varying low to moderate in most parts of the city and adjacent areas.
According to the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), the highest rainfall of 86 mm was recorded in Nishtar Town. Other recorded rainfall included 36 mm at Airport, 36.4 mm at Kahna, 33 mm at Upper Mall, 30 mm at Gulshan Ravi, 27 mm at Samanabad, 24 mm at WASA Head Office Gulberg, 22 mm at Lakshmi Chowk, Iqbal Town and Pani Wala Talab, 18 mm at Jail Road and Saggian, 15 mm at Chowk Nakhuda, 12 mm at Tajpura, Farrukhabad and Shadipura, 10.2 mm at Mughalpura, 6 mm at Defence Road, and 5.2 mm at Manawan.
Despite the heavy downpour in several areas, WASA claimed that all major roads and underpasses remained clear, with traffic flowing normally across the city. Water was promptly drained from key locations including Ik Morria Bridge, Qartaba Chowk, Lytton Road, Shah Jamal, Waris Road, Empress Road, Cooper Road, Lakshmi Chowk, Nabha Road, GPO Road, Railway Station, Ali Block Garden Town, Chuburji, Karim Park Ravi Road, Bhati Gate, B Block Tajpura, Rasool Park Shama Road, Wahdat Road, Tikka Chowk Johar Town, and Allah-hu-Chowk. WASA’s Monsoon Control Room continued round-the-clock monitoring of the city’s drainage situation, while all disposal stations and operational teams remained fully active to provide timely relief to residents.
Managing Director WASA directed officials to ensure the immediate resolution of public complaints and warned that any negligence in drainage operations would not be tolerated.
Meanwhile, WASA Vice Chairman Chaudhry Shehbaz Ahmad, accompanied by Deputy Managing Director Abdul Latif, remained in the field to supervise rain response operations. The vice chairman visited the Liberty Chowk Monsoon Emergency Relief Camp, where Executive Engineer Usman Haider briefed him on ongoing operational activities.
Suthra Punjab Agency Lahore (SPAL) continued its cleanliness and waste clearance operations without interruption despite intermittent heavy and light rainfall across different areas of the city. Operational teams remained fully active in the field throughout the rainfall, ensuring uninterrupted waste clearance and sanitation services across Lahore.
The Local Meteorological Office has forecast more rain over the next 24 hours. Heavy rains may trigger landslides in vulnerable areas of Punjab. Heavy rains may generate flash flooding in local streams and Nullahs of Northeastern Punjab and may cause urban flooding in Gujranwala, Lahore, Sialkot, Multan and Faisalabad during the period.
Windstorm, lightning and heavy rains may damage weak structures (solar panels, electric poles, bill boards etc.) during the forecast period, it warned.
Rainfall recorded in other cities in mm; Gujranwala 209, Narowal 151, Jhelum and Sialkot (Airport 101, City 77), Mandi Bahuddin 94, Mangla 90, Gujrat 76, Murree 75, Hafizabad 73, Attock 48, (Lahore Airport 41, City 18), Jhang 35, Islamabad (Saidpur Village 65, Golra 33, Zero point, Bokra 29, Airport 22), Chakwal 27, Okara and Bahawalnagar 23, Sahiwal 22, Dera Ghazi Khan 16, Faisalabad, Bhakkar and Kot Addu 10.