Karachi rain: Three days on, city's low-lying areas remain flooded

KARACHI: The city's low-lying areas remained flooded for a third straight day after the fifth spell of rain had earlier forced more than 200 families in Surjani Town to be relocated.

Karachi's Surjani town remained flooded for the third consecutive day on Sunday with water accumulated in Yousuf Goth, Bismillah Town, Sector 4B and C causing trouble for residents.

As residents made efforts on their own to drain out water from their houses, the Pakistan Army also came to their rescue with dewatering pumps, boats and trucks to relocate people, reported The News.

In other areas of the city such as KDA Chowrangi, Sakhi Hassan Chowrangi, and Federal B Area, rainwater could not be drained as residents remained stuck in their homes.

Storm drains in Allahwali Chowrangi in New Karachi overflowed all the way to the Sindhi Hotel area, entering homes and shops.

“From electronic appliances to furniture, everything is destroyed,” a resident of Shadman, Hayat told The News. He added that sewage had entered inside their water tanks.

Read more: Heavy rains wreak havoc in Karachi again, kill five

“We have to wait until the rain completely subsides before cleaning our water tanks, else the sewage water from the drains will again enter our houses,” he added. Another resident lamented how water reaching five feet high had entered houses in the area and power couldn’t be restored for more than 48 hours.

The situation was more or less similar in New Karachi Sector 5-E where the dilapidated sewerage system completely collapsed after the rainfall.

“During rainfall, the sewerage water overflowing on roads increases and enters our homes,” a resident of the area said, adding that they had been dealing with sewage inside their homes for the last 15 days.