Intermittent rains continued after midnight till 5am, which after a brief interruption picked up pace at about 8am followed by another spell in the afternoon.
The Civil Defence Department remained on a watch out for flood all the night. However, the flood in the Leh remained within control and did not reach the risk point of 16 feet.
The localities near the Leh had a low level of flood with Nadeem Colony and Dhoke Ratta facing moderate flood.
The low-lying areas of Dhoke Ratta, Chamanzar, some parts of Block C and D, Banni Chowk and Rehmanabad were submerged by rainwater, while ankle-deep water caused by blockade of stormwater outlets hit Sadiqabad and nearby areas, forming pools of rainwater.
Our Staff Reporter adds: The residents of different areas again faced inconvenience after rainwater overflowed most of the roads, streets and link-tracks during the heavy downpour.
The problem was worse in the low-lying localities of A- Block, F-Block, Service Road, Dhoke Paracha, Dhoke Kala Khan, Dhoke Ali Akbar, Muslim Town, Dhoke Illahi Bakhsh, Sadiqabad, Afendi Colony, Chah Sultan and the localities alongside the Khana Bridge and Kurri Road.
All these areas were so much submerged in the rainwater that people could hardly come out of their homes till the water flow receded.
This exposed the faulty sewerage system of the tehsil municipal administration (TMA) and the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa), which allocate millions of rupees for rectifying or laying new drainage system in the city every year but fail to take necessary steps.
In the whole of the city areas, there is hardly a road or street which is not choked and has not developed ditches. All the drains and nullahs overflow in rainwater and streets have developed potholes.
Some of the very recently-cemented streets have also developed cracks in different areas and some have even caved in. When it rains, almost all the water starts accumulating in the streets and roads. Besides, there are ponds of water in different areas.
These rain-fed lakes remain full with water for days, becoming breeding grounds for mosquitoes and other insects besides emanating foul smell.
Rainwater also accumulates in ditches in different areas left unfilled after the digging by the utilities departments. In some areas, Wasa has dug up land for laying pipelines in which filthy water accumulates whenever it rains.
It is not only the rainwater which overflows the drains and nullahs but also most of the gutters which get choked and starts gushing out filthy water.
Fearful of having been entrapped in the knee-deep rainwater, motorists and pedestrians have to use alternative ways to go out for daily business. Many of the motorists who venture to drive their small vehicles on these roads have their cars damaged and broken down in the midway.
The residents of different areas have demanded of the concerned authorities to reconstruct the roads and pave the streets.