Rawalpindi has had its heaviest 16-year rainfall, with torrential rains recorded in various parts of the city and fears of urban flooding.
The highest rainfall was at New Katarian at 230mm, revealed a PDMA spokesman.
The total rainfall across Shamsabad was 203mm and 206mm in Chaklala. There was also considerable rainfall in the region at Golra with 157mm of rain recorded there.
Due to heavy rainfall, the PDMA has raised an alert for people residing close to Nullah Lai and has advised precautionary measures.
Authorities are vigilant on water levels and flood conditions, and the PDMA control room is on 24-hour call.
The latest spell has created a record for rainfall in Rawalpindi, breaking the 16-year-old record, Rawalpindi Cantonment Board Chief Water Engineer Muhammad Ateeq revealed.
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He told a private news channel that rainfall was at the same level as it was in 2010.
According to Ateeq in the wake of the directives of the Executive Officer of the Cantonment Board, all concerned staff members were kept on heightened alert. He also said that there has been no major emergency reported in the cantonment areas so far.
The chief engineer said that the rainfall in the cantonment was comparatively less and that the areas above Nullah Lai in the upper part of the watershed were getting more rainfall, which posed a risk of flooding.
A crisis centre is also in place, which is available to residents on a 24/7 basis to help them in case of emergency. The Cantonment has been demarcated into six sectors and Flood Relief camps have been set up in each sector in anticipation of an emergency.
Officials at the control room are on the scene to respond quickly to residents’ calls as authorities are on high alert after the record-breaking rainfall.
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