KARACHI, Sept 9: Inundated roads and streets in the aftermath of Friday’s rainfall continued to add to the miseries of Karachiites, although it was mostly dry and bright to start the day across the city on Saturday with the exception of drizzles in some localities.

Rainwater remained stagnant on parts of many arteries and roads, including Sharea Faisal, I. I. Chundrigarh Road, M. A. Jinnah Road, Shahrah-i-Quaideen, leading to mild traffic jams on some roads or slowing down the flow of vehicular traffic on the others.

People heaved a sigh of relief as the city received negligible amount of 2mm drizzle in the morning, and the afternoon sunshine pushed the mercury up to 30 degrees Centigrade.

It was a bright and shiny day with the exception of some patchy clouds on the coastal line as the thicker clouds finally started moving away to Balochistan.

The Met office, however, predicted that there were chances of light rains in parts of the city during the next 24 hours and the weather would be partly cloudy. The temperatures on Sunday would range between 30 to 32 degrees Centigrade, it added.

The city had received average 7.7mm rainfall on Friday when a monsoon weather system entered the region from central India. But even that little amount of rainfall was enough to wreak havoc with the roads which were already wrecked due to the first two spells of heavy monsoon showers.

The city continued to give a repulsive look as the civic agencies made a little effort to drain out the rainwater and sewage from the submerged arteries.