RAWALPINDI: Heavy rain lashed the twin cities on Friday, creating a slushy mess in the downtown area.
The Met Office has forecast more rain in the next 24 hours.
Rain started in the morning and continued for more than two hours varying from light to heavy.
In many parts of the city and cantonment, traffic signals remained out of order which led to chaos. Power supply remained suspended in the low-lying areas of the city while the sewerage system in downtown and the area adjacent to Leh Nullah remained choked, causing water to enterhouses and shops.
Rainwater accumulated at Committee Chowk Underpass and the road was closed to traffic. Officials of Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) installed water-sucking machines in the underpass and on other main roads to drain out water.
The meteorological department recorded 31mm of rainfall in Chaklala and 23mm in Shamsabad in Rawalpindi and 26mm at Zero Point, 27mm at Bokra, 20mm at Saidpur and 26mm at Golra in Islamabad.
According to a Met official, monsoon currents were continuously penetrating the upper and lower parts of the country.
“Westerly waves are penetrating western parts of the country,” he said, adding that more rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Punjab, Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, north/eastern Balochistan, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Isolated heavy falls are likely in Kashmir, upper Punjab, Islamabad, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern Balochistan.
