The Sindh Agriculture Department has established a Water Emergency Cell at Hyderabad to facilitate and guide farmers in the wake of damage to two gates of Sukkur Barrage. The Cell has been set up on the instructions of Sindh Minister for Agriculture Sardar Muhammad Bux Mahar. The Agriculture department had also appointed focal persons in all six divisions of the Sindh province to report on water scarcity, crop damage and other issues. A total of 32 focal persons had been appointed at various levels in the province.