The routine life of the people of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have been badly affected due to heavy rainfall, that is pouring over different parts of the country. The heaviest rain of the monsoon season has been received by the twin cities. The rain has flooded the underpass of the Peshawar More which despite being built at a cost of billion of rupees.
The rainy nullah that overflew flooded the Peshawar underpass with mud, water and other garbage. The inundation of the underpass caused a couple of accidents. Also, many vehicles were stuck up due to the traffic jam that ensued.
A big contingent of CDA sanitary staff along with a tractor-trolley reached after 8 AM to help clear the Kashmir highway. A couple of vehicles, while trying to get out of the flood water, moved through the wrong side of the flyover and caused accidents.
The situation was no different at Pir Wadhai chowk, on IJP road, where knee deep water accumulated that also caused massive traffic jam. The 9th avenue also witnessed pools of water at a couple of places around Faiz Ahmad Faiz Metro station, forcing the motorists to move to the service roads.
Several drivers whose vehicles were stuck up in the water stated that the water accumulated because the CDA staff failed to clear the water channels along the 9th avenue before monsoon rains which were full of mud and wild grass blocking the water disposal from the road.
Rescue sources said that dilapidated wall of a mud-stone made house located in slum area of Sector I-9 of the Federal Capital came down as the city was lashed by heavy rain.
Three people including a husband, a wife and their daughter were buried under the rubble and died before they could be rescued. The rescue personnel pulled out the bodies from the debris and shifted them to hospital.
In Rawalpindi, Nullah Lai that runs from the middle of the city recorded water flow of 17 feet at Katarian leading WASA to issue a pre-flood warning to the citizens. However water receded as the rain came to a halt giving a sigh of relief to the people residing along the nullah.
Citizens said garbage thrown in the nullah causes blockages despite the fact that the RMC has given a contract to a company to collect garbage and its disposal.
The rain that started after 4 AM continued till 7.30 AM on Thursday morning. Dhoke Kala Khan and other low lying areas came under water whereas shops, houses, streets and roads were inundated with rain water giving sight of streams.