Islamabad, Pindi receive first heavy winter rain
RAWALPINDI: The twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi received rain on Monday while Murree and its adjoining areas received snow after a long dry spell.
The twin cities received rain and hail accompanied by gusty winds after a almost two months. The met office says this was the first heavy rain of the season.
“The rains in November and December were light. The rain on Monday was the first heavy rain of the current winter season,” an official of the met office said.
He added that the rain will be beneficial for the arid agricultural area of the Potohar region.
The met office recorded 57mm of rain in Chaklala, 50mm in Shamsabad, 52mm in Zero Point and 47mm in Golra. However, the met office has said the weather will be clear on Tuesday.
Many parts of the garrison city experienced interruptions in the supply of electricity, for nine or 10 hours. A resident of Faisal Colony, Mohammad Khalid said the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) complaint line was not being answered.
A resident of Adiala Road, Tauqeer Raja said there was also a shortage of gas soon after the rain started in his area along with the electricity disruption.
Munir Ahmed, a resident of Tench Bhatta said locals were already facing a shortage of water and that with the disruption in the supply of electricity, they could not fill their water tanks.
“We used wood for cooking meals and brought water from an adjoining area,” he said.
“Almost 40 feeders in the city developed faults after gusty winds and the hail storm,” Iesco manager operation Umer Farooq told Dawn.