Rains that lashed Qatar for several hours on Wednesday left numerous roads waterlogged and temporarily slowed down infrastructural development works in Doha and its immediate neighbourhoods.
Visibility was low across the city throughout the day. Visits to some of the affected areas in the morning showed severe waterlogging on streets, including some roads built in recent years. Among the roads badly affected by the downpour were those in the Doha Industrial Area, where even a rain of shorter duration disrupts traffic movement owing to the deplorable conditions of most streets, particularly those on the eastern side.
As feared by some of the residents and frequent commuters to the Industrial Area the other day, the rains compounded their woes on Wednesday, severely curtailing the movement of heavy vehicles, especially trailers and other large goods and equipment movers.
There was massive flooding for more than 100m in front of Barwa City in Mesaimeer on the road towards the Industrial Area. Smaller vehicles were seen inching through the inundated stretch, which serves as a vital link between Wukair and Industrial Area these days. At the entrance of the Barwa City too there was extensive waterlogging.
More severe was the impact of rain in Ain Khalid and its immediate surroundings. A number of tankers were deployed in the area to drain out water from the streets which experienced severe flooding.
Though the impact of the rain in the city areas was minimal compared to those witnessed in the last week of November last year, there were a few low-lying areas which experienced water logging on Wednesday. Doha Jadeed was one of them.
There were also reports of infrastructural development works in the southern side being affected by the rain. However, works had reportedly resumed in the afternoon.