Calamitous rainfall in Lahore submerged several areas of the provincial capital city claiming at least 10 lives in various incidents.  Main traffic arteries of the city have been drowned under the rainwater. Around 10 people killed across the city in incidents of electrocution and falling rooftops during the downpour started at 9:10 PM on Tuesday night. Two children, 15-year-old Awais and 13-year-old Esha died in an electrocution incident in Harbanspura of Lahore. 

Separately, five persons of a family died and two injured when a roof collapsed at Muridwal in Thokar Niaz Beg, while three others died and scores were injured in roof collapse in Raiwind. The Met Office and the PDMA have predicted heavy rainfall during next 24 hours under the third monsoon spell in Punjab. Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab has advised citizens to observer caution amid heavy downpour. 

The Water and Sanitation Agency said, Lahore’s Paniwala Talab recorded the highest rainfall at 171mm, followed by Iqbal Town with 169 mm. Other areas, including Tajpura, Samanabad and Lakshmi Chowk, also received more than 100mm of rain. Earlier, Rescue 1122 stated that heavy rains and storms claimed at least 10 lives and injuring 92 people across Punjab over the past 24 hours. 

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)