Heavy rainfall in Lahore and nearby areas

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00:00 As a result of heavy rains in Lahore and Girdonawa,

00:04 the areas under the jurisdiction of the state have been affected.

00:06 In Johor town, Gulpar, Ghazi road, Lakshmi chowk and Tajpura, heavy rains have been recorded.

00:11 In Paniwala talab, 141, Gulchan-e-Rawi, 173, Lakshmi chowk, 152 and Tajpura, 128 mm of rain have been recorded.

00:20 In Nashdar town, 151, Iqbal town, 106, Johor town, 156 and Kurtuba chowk, 126 mm of rain have been recorded.

00:30 For more information, let's talk to Almas Khan.

00:32 Yes, Almas Khan, update us, what is the situation?

00:34 If I say that Lahore is completely submerged, then it will not be wrong.

00:40 Today, it has been raining continuously for about two and a quarter hours.

00:45 But in some areas it is light, but in some areas it is particularly heavy rain,

00:50 due to which all the drunken areas have been submerged.

00:54 At the moment, we are standing here in the Tajpura scheme.

00:58 In the Tajpura scheme, there is about 2 feet of water at the moment.

01:02 And the most rain recorded in Lahore is 173 mm of rain in Gulshan-e-Rawi.

01:10 Along with this, all the other low-lying areas have been submerged.

01:16 And the life system has been completely destroyed.

01:22 The electricity system, the Lesko feeder, we have received more than 100 feeders that have been tripped.

01:29 And it is trying to restore it.

01:32 And the rest of the system in Lahore has been completely destroyed.

01:36 Okay, thank you for updating.