Sindh and Balochistan have recorded the highest rainfall since 1961 this year

Dr Abdul Waheed
SUKKUR: Sindh and Balochistan this year have recorded the heaviest rainfall since 1961 during the worst monsoon spells in six decades.
According to the report of this rate of rains more than normal has been recorded in Sindh by 522% and in Balochistan by 469%.
The latest data released by the Meteorological Department has surprised the authorities, environmentalists are also issuing warnings based on the data which has heralded new challenges for the authorities.
An official of the Meteorological Department said that Sindh has received 680.5 mm of rain since the beginning of the monsoon season in July, which is 522 percent more than the normal as per the ratio and set standards, Sindh usually receives. 109.5 mm of rain falls in the monsoon season.
He further said that, “Similarly, every monsoon season in Balochistan receives an average of 50 mm of rain, but it has recorded 284 mm, i.e., 469% more rain so far.”
He said that the country has received a total of 207 times more rain in monsoon this year and this season will continue till the end of September.
He said that 1 thousand 722 mm of rain has fallen since July in the town of Padaidan of Nowshroo Feroze district, this amount has never been recorded in any town of Sindh.
He cited data showing that Sindh and Balochistan had last seen torrential rains in 1994, which were the heaviest on record since 1961.
He said that in 1994, there was 502.6 mm of rain in Sindh, which was 276% more than normal according to the ratio of that time based on atmospheric and meteorological modules. Balochistan received 175 mm of rain, which was 52% more than the normal.
The same situation was seen in other parts of the country this year. According to the data of the Meteorological Department, Gilgit-Baltistan has received 50.3 mm of rain in 2 months so far, which is 99% more than normal, and 349 mm of rain in Punjab. This is 90% more than the normal monsoon rains, 31% more rain than normal in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where 257.4 mm of rain has been recorded so far.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir is the only region in the country which has received less than average monsoon rainfall this year, recording 279.6 mm of rain, which is 7% less than the normal.
This situation has raised alarm bells as officials and experts believe that climate change is no longer an impending challenge but has already arrived.
Dr. Ghulam Rasool, the former Director General of the Department of Meteorology, said in this regard that the effects of climate change have started to emerge. For example, spring is almost over in Pakistan, we have not seen spring this year, after facing very harsh winters, we have seen extreme heat with one heat wave after another in rural areas.
Dr. Ghulam Rasool attributed the floods in Sindh and Balochistan to large-scale destructive rains instead of the structure of the earth.
He said that hilly soil in Balochistan could be a reason for worsening the flood situation as water cannot be absorbed on such a surface but there is no such reason in any part of Sindh.
Dr. Ghulam Rasool said that ‘another aspect that makes this climate problem even more challenging is the growing population and the rapidly shrinking space for a better and more environmentally friendly ecosystem.
He said that the population is growing so fast that our agricultural land is being used for urban settlement and construction. 5,500 cubic meters of water was available for This quantity has now reduced to 850 cubic meters.