World

Seven Die in Yesterday's Rains in Karachi

by rumana husain | July 30, 2008 at 06:06 am

475 views | 46 Recommendations | 9 comments

Seven people lost their lives and several were injured in Karachi yesterday when 54 mm of the first heavy downpour greeted this rain-starved city; reports various media sources. Karachi also plunged into darkness when the entire power generation and distribution system of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) collapsed, plunging almost 85 percent of the city into darkness.

On Tuesday evening, Geo News television channel reported that the Sindh government had deployed Rangers in the city to control traffic jams on the city's main arteries. A relief centre has also been set up in the Rangers headquarters to provide assistance to the rain-stricken citizens.

0 See all footage | View Slideshow

Share: email story | add to any | | facebook | stumbleupon

recommend Sign In or Join to post comments

Uwe Paschen

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 06:07 on July 30th, 2008

rumana husain, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Rob Walker

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 06:09 on July 30th, 2008

rumana husain, I like this story. It's good stuff.

rumana husain

at 06:25 on July 30th, 2008

thanks paschen and rob for flagging it. i may add here that when i went out across the city today, the roads appeared to be in a much better condition than what we have been experiencing in similar situations previously. the drainage system that has been put in many places recently seems to be working. nevertheless, it is a shame that seven people lost their lives and scores were injured either due to electrocutions or their house walls falling on them.

voiceforpeace

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 06:45 on July 30th, 2008

rumana husain, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Rachel Nixon

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 07:29 on July 30th, 2008

rumana husain, thanks for the report.

rahul

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 07:57 on July 30th, 2008

rumana husain, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Caoimhin1

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 08:38 on July 30th, 2008

rumana husain, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Amy Judd

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 09:01 on July 30th, 2008

rumana husain, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Thanks for this report.

rumana husain

at 21:40 on July 30th, 2008

Thanks. Just when the clouds looked ominous and more rain was expected yesterday afternoon, the rain god decided to ditch us! It is once again bright, sunny, humid, and some areas are still without electricity. The city's low-lying areas have standing rain water but other than that it is business as usual.