Several villages inundated as flood hit Thatta, Dadu; exodus underway
Pakistan
Several villages inundated as flood hit Thatta, Dadu; exodus underway
The deluge showed no sign of let-up in wreaking havoc in Thatta and Dadu areas of southern Sindh as breach in embankments of Bao Poran Das and Faqeer Goth unleashed devastation in several villages. The banks of Chato Chund Canal busted, due to a 50 feet crack developed in its bank, and inundated around 10 villages forcing thousands of people to evacuate. Floodwaters are moving fast towards national highway, a development which could suspend ground links of Hyderabad and Thatta from rest of the country. Meanwhile, authorities have managed to plug a 30 feet crack in Bao Poran Das bund besides a 50 feet wide breach in Manarki bund. As a result of which water level in KB feeder and Thatta canals has been decreased. As many as 15 villages have been submerged as a crack emerged in Sakro Branch while floodwaters entered into Daro City after a 700 feet wide breach took place in Surjani Bund. The deluge is roaring towards Bela City. Eighty percent population of Thatta has been shifted to safer places whereas Sujawal, Mirpur Bhatoro and Bela have also been vacated. On the other hand, several villages of Dadu district have been submerged; water level in Manchar Lake is also surging. Hundreds of thousands of people of tehsils KN Shah, Moheer and Johi have been shifted to safer places. Water is in downward trend at Ganda Singh while upward trend is recorded at Head Islam in River Sutlej. An inflow of 56,000 cusecs is being recorded at Ganda Singh while water flow in River Sutlej has been decreased from 59,000 to 56,000 cusecs. Floodwaters have devastated Bhaki Wand, Chanda Singh, Ranger Chowki and several other villages and destroyed standing crops on 3,000 hectares of land. Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that government's top priority is to rescue the people marooned in the flood-hit areas. He said that all-out efforts are underway to evacuate people, and added that the deluge inflicted heavy losses upon Sindh province.He maintained that the losses are hard to quantify as yet. Pakistan asks India to send aid via UN: FO Pakistan has refused to take direct aid from India on Saturday. Talking to Dunya News Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit said that we suggested to India to send the aid money via UN, as many of its agencies are also working over there. Basit said that the decision to this effect has been taken as part of countrys policy.He, however said that We commended Indias aid offer .
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