Heavy showers on Wednesday morning set off alarms after the water in Nullah Leh touched the 13-foot mark while flight schedules were also affected.
Furthermore, ten students of a primary school were also injured due to collapse of a wall.
According to the Met Office, 50 millimetres of rain were recorded in Rawalpindi and the Leh area in Islamabad was nearly flooded. Water level in the Leh was over 13 feet at New Katarian Bridge and about 11 feet at Gawalmandi in the heart of Rawalpindi city.
In different rain-related incidents, ten students of Government Primary School Tahli Mohri were injured as its wall collapsed. Most of them were given aid on the spot, Rescue 1122 officials said.
Rain water also affected the Railway Booking Office and Railway Residential Colony as over 5 feet of water was collected in the area.
Heavy rain also interrupted flight schedules at Benazir Bhutto International Airport. Earlier in morning, domestic and international flights were diverted to Lahore and Peshawar due to bad weather, an inquiry office said.
Dozens of domestic and international flights were delayed for three to six hours due to heavy rain in Rawalpindi. Flights planned from Islamabad to Riyadh and Islamabad to Karachi were also cancelled.
Meanwhile PIA flight PK 775 staff refused to operate the flight, which, departing from Manchester to Islamabad flight was delayed due to non-payment of allowance.
“We have not been paid an international allowance from last four months,” a protesting employee said.
Officials of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) assured them of full payment of international allowance after which flight PK 775 departed with 184 passengers after a six hour delay.
A number of localities also saw electricity supply suspended due to power lines downed by collapsed trees.
