Srinagar, July 27 (KNS): Bringing the mercury down, the heavy rains since the wee hours of Wednesday morning lashed Valley thereby caused water lodging in Srinagar areas including the commercial hub Lal Chowk.
The incessant rains brought respite to the people from the scorching heat in Kashmir.
Director Meteorological department (MeT), Sonum Lotus has predicted more rains till Thursday. “Light to moderate rains would continue to occur across the Valley till Thursday,” he said.
He said that there would be considerable improvement in weather from Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, the heavy rains caused water logging in several city areas.
“With the incessant rains since wee hours of this morning, the roads as well as the rains are inundated in the Srinagar especially in the business hub Lal Chowk, which resulted in the immense hardships to the people in Srinagar areas,” witnesses said.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
The various areas in Srinagar including business hub Lal Chowk, Jawahar Nagar, Rambagh, Raj Bagh, Khanyar, Habba Kadal, Nowpora, Bemina and others are water logged resulting in immense hardships to the local population.
However, the inhabitants of old city said that no action was taken by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to dewater their areas till the late evening.
Locals told KNS that, “SMC is in deep slumber as they didn’t even bother to visit the areas which were submerged due to the incessant rainfall.”
They said that the authorities should have dewatered their areas but unfortunately they failed to do so. “We are being pushed to walls due to the poor drainage system in our area,” they lamented.
Accusing higher ups for ignoring their plights, the inhabitants here have demanded immediate redressal of their genuine grievances. (KNS)