HYDERABAD: Moderate to light rain accompanied by thunderstorm in some places lashed several parts of Sindh on Friday, dropping the temperature and turning the weather chillish.

It rained lightly and intermittently in Hyderabad since evening, turning weather remained pleasantly cold and accumulating water in low-lying areas. As usual, power supply went off in many areas during rain leading to slower drainage of water.

Electricity played hide and seek throughout the day but Hesco spokesman insisted that power supply was not affected anywhere in the region. He, however, confirmed that five feeders including HDA, Defence, Cantonment and Phulelli did develop faults which were later rectified.

Till 8pm, 7mm of rain was recorded in the city and 2mm on airport road. It also rained lightly in Jamshoro, Hala, Matiari and other areas.

Thundershowers pounded Nawabshah city and its surrounding towns of Sakrand, Daur, Jam Saheb and Bandhi, which made the weather pleasantly cold.

Nawabshah Mayor Qazi Abdul Rasheed declared rain emergency in the city whereas commissioner and deputy commissioner inspected storm water drains and low-lying areas of the city.

It rained in Sanghar city, Khipro, Shahdadpur and their adjacent areas throughout the day, prompting municipal authorities to declare rain emergency and put municipal stall on high alert. It also rained in parts of Naushahro Feroze district but luckily no untoward incident related to rain was reported from any area.

Expected rain hit Mirpurkhas and its outskirts as well as other towns of the district. Weather changed in the morning in the city and light rainfall lashed the city and other towns intermittently, as a result most bazaars centres remained shuttered while business activities were severally affected.

The rain forced people to remain indoors while traffic was thin on roads, which had become slippery. Growers expressed joy at the rainfall and said they needed water for wheat and other crops.

Sale of plastic sheets went up in the city as people purchased the plastic to save their huts from getting soaked and leak in the intermittent rainfall. It also rained lightly in Mirwah Gorchani, Digri, Jhuddo, Tando Jan Mohammad, Naukot, Kot Ghulam Mohammad, Sindhri, Hingorno, Phuladiyyoon, Khaan, Patoyoon, Jhilori etc.

Published in Dawn, March 2nd, 2024