11 UCs of Dadu issued evacuation orders

Widening of breach in FP Bund to 115 feet has increased threat to Juhi City and Seeta Road of District Dadu while the Army took over the control of Zamzama oil field and adjoining areas, Dunya News reported on Wednesday. As many as 50 villages located in the outskirts of Juhi have been submerged. Evacuation orders have been issued to 11 Union Councils of District Dadu in view of imminent flooding. The inmates of Dadu jail have also been shifted to other jails who numbered around 350. Army Engineering Corps have been tasked to plug the breach in FP Bundh protective embankment with local people and Irrigation department personnel lending a helping hand for the purpose. The local population in tehsil Dadu started moving to safer locations after the administration issued red alert in view of imminent flooding in tehsil Dadu, as the floodwater pouring out of breach has already inundated at least 45 villages and crops standing on several acres of land. Meantime, the floodwater streaming out of Suprio Bund besieged Mehar city from three quarters with 90 percent population in the city evacuated. The citizens staying back in the city have started to buttress the temporarily raised protective embankment to save the city. On the other hand, water is receding from the flooded areas of Thatta and Sajawal Road has been opened for traffic. Water inflow at Kotri Barrage is 600,000 cusecs.