BADIN: Heavy monsoon showers brought a welcome change in the weather here in the district on Tuesday while Mirpurkhas, Thatta, Sujawal districts and many parts of Nagarparkar taluka in Thar received light to mod­e­rate rain.

In Badin, clouds gathered at around 5pm and a dust storm began followed by rain within a few minutes, which lasted for 20 minutes.

Electricity supply went off just a few minutes before the rain hit.

The worst-affec­ted areas were low-lying ones, including Bhur­gari Mohalla, Labour Col­ony, Gharibabad and Sar­fraz Colony.

The rain also lashed the other towns of the district, including Tando Bago, Sha­di Large, Khoski, Nindo Sha­har, Golarchi, Kario Gan­whar, Khorwah and coa­s­tal villages. Farmers ter­m­ed the rain a good omen.

Pangrio, Tando Bago, Mal­kani Sharif and other towns were blessed with the second spell of rains.

Many parts of Nagar­parkar taluka, including the hilly town, received good rainfall intermittently, bri­n­ging smiles to peoples’ faces living in the desert region.

The moderate rainfall in the afternoon lasted for more than half an hour and turned the weather pleasant.

People came out of their homes to celebrate the downpour in their traditional manner.

Other parts of the desert also received light to moderate rain for the second consecutive day.

Mirpurkhas received an intermittent drizzle in the city and its outskirts, decre­asing the temperature after a week-long severe heat spell.

People of the twin districts of Thatta and Sujawal heaved a sigh of relief as the moderate rain turned the weather pleasant.

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2018