Dadu
The water level rising in Indus River at Dadu-Moro Bridge drowning over 50 villages and hundreds of acres cultivated land on Sunday. Flood flow of 3,50,000 cusecs passing under Dadu-Moro Bridge on Indus drowning over 50 villages and standing crops on hundreds of acres in katcha area. A large number of people have been forced to evacuate from their homes to safer places after flooding in the river.
According to water records, River Indus has been in Medium Flood Level at Guddu and Sukkur barrages with falling level, while at Kotri the river is in Low Flood Level and rising. There were reports of breach in a protective dyke in Katcha area of Tharu Shah in district Naushehro Feroz submerging several villages in the area. “Flooding in Indus has caused a breach at Manjoth-Taggar Pattan in katcha area of Tharu Shah,” local sources said.
Local people were trying to plug the protective dyke with available machinery and equipment. The flood water also submerged dozens of villages in Nawabshah including Hamzo Jatoi, Pir Noor Shah, Gulbaig Jatoi, Darya Khan and Razi Jatoi, local people said. The farmland with sugarcane, cotton cultivations and vegetable crops also drowned in floodwater. A big stream of Indus floodwater passing through Naushehro Feroz and Nawabshah in parts of central Sindh region.
The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that River Indus is flowing in medium flood at Sukkur and low flood at Guddu & Kotri Barrages. According to daily FFC report on Sunday other main rivers (Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej) are flowing normal. By the grace of Almighty Allah, the major reservoirs (Tarbela, Mangla & Chashma) have achieved the maximum combined live storage capacity of 13.614 MAF, which is a major breakthrough in water resources management of the country.
Yesterday’s trough of shallow Westerly Wave over Kashmir and adjoining areas has moved away Eastwards whereas weak Seasonal Low continues to prevail over Northeast Balochistan bringing in weak moist currents from Arabian Sea into upper parts of the country upto 2000 feet. According to FFD, Lahore, mainly dry weather is expected over most parts of the country during the next 24 hours.—INP
