Heavy rain lashes city, turns weather cold.

LAHORE -- Widespread heavy rain lashed the provincial capital and adjacent areas, which turned the weather cold, dropping minimum temperature to 15 degree Celsius on Friday.

The rain started in the morning and continued almost all the day with occasional gaps, varying from light to heavy. Commuters faced difficulty travelling on some roads as there were small puddles.

In many parts of the city, traffic signals were out of order which led to chaos on roads. The power supply remained suspended in low-lying areas. This strong spell of rain exposed the performance of civic bodies in city as low lying areas were seemed flooded, however WASA and Lahore Waste Management Company's machinery remained busy for draining the water.

The high ups of Water and Sanitation Agency, Lahore Waste Management Company and other departments put their machinery on high alert and the officers were also seen in the field to make satisfactory arrangements

The rain with occasional gaps covered almost all the parts of the metropolis and rain in millimetre was recorded Gulberg 19, Mall Road 34, Mughalpura 42, Laxmi Chowk 47, Tajpura 25, Nishter Town 27, Farrukhabad 15, Gulshan e Ravi 31, Samnabad 22, Jail Road 14, Airport 17.

According to a spokesman of Pakistan Meteorological Department, the wet spell...