Karachi After the torrential rain in Pakistan, torrential rain in Pakistan has caused heavy destruction in many cities. So far 137 people have died in various incidents including floods and landslides after the rains, while thousands of people have become homeless. The country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has given this information in one of its reports.
Here, the negligence of administration in many cities is also coming in the wake of floods after heavy rains. In such a situation, there is a lot of anger against the administration. Actually, Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, is reeling under floods. The streets and streets of the city have been flooded due to continuous rains. Not only this, there has been a power failure in the entire city for the last four days.
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Apart from this, the sewerage line overflowed and flooded the houses of the people, due to which people are very angry. People from up to the posh areas of Karachi are upset with the administration not paying attention to it. A large number of people have come out on the streets in protest against this inferior attitude of the administration.
People living in the Defense Housing Authority of Karachi staged a protest in front of Cantonment Board Clifton. People raised the question that in such an area, where people pay tax of lakhs of rupees, there is such a bad system there, then what will be the condition of the rest of the city. Angry people also pelted stones at the administration’s office.
The angry residents of Karachi’s Defense Housing Authority protest over the administration’s response to the recent flooding | @voicepkdotnet
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PTI leader raised questions
Let us tell you that despite the bad condition of Karachi, no facility is being provided to the people from the administration. In such a situation, now the leaders of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party Tehreek-e-Insaf have started raising many serious questions.
PTI leader Shahzad Qureshi said that the local administration is unable to reach the people. Sewerage water is entering people’s houses, there is no electricity in the city for four days and despite the complaints of people, it is not being taken care of. At the same time, Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain, president of the opposition party Muslim League-Kaid (PML-Q), also criticized the government, saying that Prime Minister Imran Khan should visit Karachi to take stock of the situation and provide all possible help to the people. Must order
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However, on the sharp question of Shahzad, the Chief Minister of Sindh State Murad Ali Shah has defended the government and said that the administration is busy helping people. The work of extracting water from people’s homes is being done. Regarding this, Sindh government spokesman Murtaza Wahab has tweeted a video related to water withdrawal, in which Municipal staff are seen in many areas of the city trying to drain water from the pumping set.
Record rainfall in 50 years
Let us tell you that monsoon rains have been continuously happening in Pakistan for the past several days. Due to this torrential rain, life has been affected due to floods and landslides in the cities. Last Thursday, Karachi recorded the highest rainfall in one day since 1967.
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According to the report of Pakistani media Dawn News, the Meteorological Department on Thursday recorded 223.5 mm of rain in just 12 hours, which is the highest rainfall in one day in Karachi. Earlier, on July 26, 1967, the record for the highest number of rains in one day was recorded. At that time, 211.3 mm of rainfall was recorded at Masroor Base.