RAWALPINDI: Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Rawalpindi here on Thursday drained the rainwater in low-lying areas. According to a WASA spokesman, following heavy rain in the twin cities, the water level started receding from Nullah Lai at 11.30 AM. The highest rainfall was recorded 89 MM at PMD, H-8 today, the spokesperson said. He further informed that 68 MM rainfall was recorded at Shamsabad, 36 MM at Kutchery, 40 MM at Saidpur, and 73 MM at Bokra. Drainage of rainwater from low-lying areas of the city had been completed, the spokesperson said adding, traffic was normal on city roads as water was not stagnant anywhere. The WASA spokesman informed that the Meteorological Department had forecast more rains.He said that the agency had completed all the arrangements to cope with urban flooding. The leaves of the staff had been canceled and heavy machinery was deployed at vulnerable points, he added. DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RAWALPINDI: Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Rawalpindi here on Thursday drained the rainwater in low-lying areas. According to a WASA spokesman, following heavy rain in the twin cities, the water level started receding from Nullah Lai at 11.30 AM. The highest rainfall was recorded 89 MM at PMD, H-8 today, the spokesperson said. He further […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-423752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n