HYDERABAD: High velocity winds followed by another spell of downpour in Hyderabad district on Thursday evening caused considerable damage to 11kV lines at different locations in Latifabad. Power supply to a vast area was suspended.

Reports from the affected areas suggested that 21 feeders remained without power and Hesco teams were working on them till late in the evening.

This was a one-hour spell of downpour that caused accumulation of rainwater in low-lying areas of Hyderabad, Qasimabad and Latifabad.

Met’s Airport office recorded 42mm of rainfall from 8am to 8pm and its City office 38mm during the period.

Business activities were severely affected when it started raining at 6:25pm. A Hesco spokesman said that the winds brought down several poles.One of the pole-mounted transformers also fell near Bagh-i-Mustafa, Unit-8, Latifabad.

Hyderabad Mayor Kashif Shoro along with CM’s Special Assistant Abdul Jabbar Khan visited different rain-hit areas. Speaking to the media, the mayor said that many pumping stations were not having conventional electric supply to drain out rainwater accumulated at sewerage facility.

Published in Dawn, August 22th, 2025