{"id":46542,"date":"2024-08-28T13:09:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T08:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=46542"},"modified":"2024-08-28T13:09:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T08:09:28","slug":"metro-bus-services-suspended-due-to-heavy-rain-in-multan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/metro-bus-services-suspended-due-to-heavy-rain-in-multan\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro bus services suspended due to heavy rain in Multan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MULTAN: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/air-india-fined-%e2%82%b99-million-for-operating-flight-with-untrained-crew-details-inside\/\">Heavy rainfall<\/a> has caused Multan to be completely paralyzed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/free-pink-bus-service-launched-for-female-students-teachers\/\">metro bus service<\/a> suspended due to a burst WASA line. The district administration has temporarily stopped the service from BCG Chowk to BZU Station, citing necessary repairs.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/over-30-flights-affected-by-heavy-rain-across-pakistan\/\">Record-breaking rains<\/a> have swamped Multan and Southern Punjab, causing widespread flooding and turning roads into ponds.<\/p>\n<p>A 48-year-old record was shattered, with 177mm of rain recorded at Chungi No. 9 Disposal Station, surpassing the previous record of 134.5mm set in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>In response, WASA Managing Director Khalid Raza Khan has declared a rain emergency, with ongoing drainage operations and regular updates to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts, low-lying areas remain flooded, posing challenges for residents. Power outages have also occurred due to tripped MEPCO feeders, with restoration promised once the rain subsides.<\/p>\n<p>With more rain forecasted, officials are on high alert, but the city&#8217;s drainage system is struggling to cope with the deluge. The Meteorological Department warns of continued rainfall in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MULTAN: Heavy rainfall has caused Multan to be completely paralyzed with the metro bus service suspended due to a burst WASA line. The district administration has temporarily stopped the service from BCG Chowk to BZU Station, citing necessary repairs. In addition, Record-breaking rains have swamped Multan and Southern Punjab, causing widespread flooding and turning roads [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":46545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20470,20954,20955,19987,20956],"class_list":["post-46542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-mepco","tag-metro-bus-service-suspended","tag-multan-heavy-rains","tag-record-breaking-rain","tag-wasa-lines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46549,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46542\/revisions\/46549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}