Most of the areas of Kambar, Shahdadkot, Qubo Saeed Khan, Warah, Nasirabad, Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah and Johi are under water. Four breaches occurred each in FP Bund and Suprio bund.
Sindh Courier
KARACHI
A high level meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday, was told that Balochistan Hill Torrents have flooded Sindh.
Secretary of the Provincial Irrigation Department and the Chief Engineer Irrigation in their briefing said that the heaviest torrential Rainfall in Balochistan generated huge quantum of flood water which travelled from Khuzdar, Bolan, Sibi and Dera Murad Jamali and entered in Sindh via Flood Protective (FP) Bund and Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD).
“Therefore, water level along FP Bund raised more than its design capacity. The heaviest rainfall inundated the Right Bank of River Indus and further raised the level of RBOD. All the channels of irrigation and drainage were flowing beyond their maximum capacity and caused a number of breaches in drains and channels of the irrigation network,” they told.
“Most of the areas of Kambar, Shahdadkot, Qubo Saeed Khan, Warah, Nasirabad, Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah and Johi are under water. Four breaches occurred in FP Bund and four in Suprio bund,” they added.
A relief cut was made at RD-14 of Manchhar Containing Bund to save Sehwan City. Another relief cut was made along RD-52 to reduce the water level in Manchhar. The water from these cuts is inundating Union Councils of District Jamshoro such as Bubak, Wahur, Arazi, Channa, Jaffarabad and their surroundings areas. A breach has also occurred in M.N.V. Drain at RD-6. The water from this breach is flowing in the same pocket which is getting water from cuts in Manchhar Containing Bank.
The Chief Minister was told that Manchhar Lake attained level of RL 123.3 ft. on September 5, against ever maximum level of 121.65 during 2010 flood. A relief cut was made at RD-14 of Manchhar Containing Bund to save Sehwan City. Another relief cut has been made along RD-52 to reduce the water level in Manchhar. The water from these cuts is inundating Union Councils of District Jamshoro such as Bubak, Wahur, Arazi, Channa, Jaffarabad and their surroundings areas. A breach has also occurred in M.N.V. Drain at RD-6. The water from this breach is flowing in the same pocket which is getting water from cuts in Manchhar Containing Bank.
About the Main Nara Valley Drain (MNV), it was told that a huge quantity of water from MNV breach has quickly raised the water level very high along Indus Link Canal.
The chief minister directed the department to make necessary preparations and arrangements for evacuation of Kambar-Shahdadkot water through Shahdadkot Mian Drain, Mirokhan Main Drain and Ghar main drain system. ”Now, the River is receding, therefore efforts should be made to dispose of flood water from the towns and cities,” he said.
The meeting was told that floods have affected 10.48 million people in 23 districts of the province, and the calamity has displaced 6.286 million people of whom 576,121 have been shifted to camps.
The PDMA told the chief minister that they have distributed 153,940 tents, 978,431 mosquito nets, 99,960 plastic tarpaulin and 158,745 ration bags. The Corps -5 Representatives said that they have collected 2,225.8 tons of relief goods and distributed 1901 tons ration bags and 19976 tents. At this the chief minister directed PDMA to coordinate with Corp 5 teams so that duplication could be avoided.
Pak army has rescued 15021 people through air lifting, boats, and other means and set up 83 relief and medical camps in different districts. Sharing the data of demand and gap of relief goods, the chief minister was told that against a demand of 1.5 million tents 166,000 has been procured/ distributed while 388,000 were in the pipeline and 565,000 were still required. Similarly, 139,000 Tarpaulin have been distributed and 242,000 are in the pipeline against a demand of 1.5 million which shows a gap of 565,000.Presently a demand of 4.5 million mosquito nets has been generated against which 1.4 million has been distributed and 390,000 are in the pipeline and the remaining demand/gap of 2.7 million is yet to be met. A demand of 1.5 million ration bags was generated against which 171,000 has been distributed, 618,000 are in the pipeline while the arrangement for the shortfall of 711,000 bags is yet to be met. The chief minister said that the donor agencies, various neighboring and brother countries were also extending their support which may narrow the gap between demand and supply.
The meeting was attended by Minister health Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, Minister Information Sharjeel Memon, Advisor for Agriculture Manzoor Wassan, Advisor Law Murtaza Wahab, Advisor Rehabilitation Rasool Bux Chandio, Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput, Secretary Livestock Tamiz Khero, Secretary, Secretary Works Imran Atta, Commander Engineering 5 Corps Brigadier Nayar, Commander Logistic Brigadier Anjum, Brigadier Inam and representatives of COMCOAST, and Southern air command.
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