Karachi Rains and Sequel

The rain on 18th and 19th July in the largest city of Pakistan was proved very devastating for karachiets. Only the 3 hours of rain unblanketed the false claims of city government. It was city government who used to say that all drainage system has been rconstructed and no rain can ever produce any problem for the city but victims of this harsh conditions are themselves witnesses of this.

Imagine only 3 hours of rain and:

· Blockege of drainage system, which had no pumping stations to pump the water actively
· Water accumulation on roads, streets and homes
· Resultant problems of water accumulation eg decreased public transport, delayed trains and flieghts, Road Traffic accidents, overfilling of gutters and its water causing breeding of mosquitos and health and sanitary problems.
· Short circuits, tripping of power generation units, increased load-shedding actually 40 hours without electricity in most parts of the city. Due to absence of electricity, water shortage for domestic and industrial purposes an the resultant problems.
· Due to accidents, roof collapses, electirc shock more than 40 people were dead and above 70 injured.
· People came out on roads to protest against the absence of electricity and water, they burnt tyres, stoned govt and private properties. To control this situation, police shelled, used tear gas and fired which killed 1 youngster.
· Due to blockage of roads, delayed goods and foods delivery caused shortage of food and increased prices e.g. sugar reached Rs. 47 per Kg.

What we call this...? Is this the management of a megametropolitan city with a population of 1.8b, which is among the worlds top 10 largest cities. Who is to blame here, the common man, govt, Taliban, USA or the God who sent baraan-e-rehmat in this scorching hot weather.

Okay...leave it. All it was past... now think about the future... how much cost, manpower and time will it take to return to previous state? I ask you who will repay the people their billions of rupees of damages?