According to the report of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), due to heavy rains and floods in Sindh, 16 lakh 70 thousand ...
According to the report of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), due to heavy rains and floods in Sindh, 16 lakh 70 thousand people have been displaced in the lower and upper regions of the province.
According to the PDMA report, which reviewed the situation from June 20 to August 25, a total of 4.9 lakh people and 6.48 thousand 621 families were affected.
The report stated that 339 people have died as a result of rains and floods in Sindh, 117 men, 46 women and 108 children are among the dead, while 974 people are injured.
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The report of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority said that so far 98 thousand 260 cattle were killed, 191 thousand 30 houses were completely destroyed and 395 thousand 80 houses were partially damaged, while these rains and floods prevented the cultivation of crops. 2.72 million acres of land has been rendered unusable.
PDM said that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has provided 3,880 ration bags, 3,600 mosquito nets, 49,000 plastic tarpaulins, 4,835 tents and 95 water pumps to the provincial disaster management. are provided.
On the other hand, the post-rainy situation for the residents is still critical as drainage works are slow.
Javed Malik, a resident of Latifabad No. 12, an area severely affected by rains, said that the areas of Qasimabad, Latifabad No. 2, 8, 11 and 12 have been badly affected due to rain water, and the extraction of water is delayed. Because this system is not draining the required amount of rain water.
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The report said that most of the displaced people include farmers, who left their fields and moved to roadsides after their mud houses or entire villages were flooded.
It was reported that most of the displaced persons have found temporary tents, provided by the government or non-profit organizations (NGOs).
Ramu, a resident of Mirpur Khas Tehsil Jhadu, said that the reason we get food is due to the charity given by the people.
The report said that other areas of Mirpur Khas are also affected as the drainage of water through the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD), i.e. the drainage sewer, is slow, which had released 10,000 cusecs. While it was designed to emit 4 thousand kiosks.
Farid Memon, project director of LBOD, said, "For me, the water is flowing miraculously. We hope that there will be no crack in the main drain of LBOD, which would otherwise prove disastrous." can
He said that there were several cracks in the sub-drains of the system but luckily the main drain is still safe although there were cracks in a few places during the 2020 rains.
The LBOD carries rainwater to the Arabian Sea, it was divided into Kadhanpatiji Outfall Drain (KPOD) and Dhurupuran Outfall Drain (DPO) on RD-159 in Badin district. .
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The people of Badin consider the LBOD as a ghost who has always wreaked havoc for their district in every monsoon or natural calamity due to its poor design.
Local journalist Rashid Leghari told the Chief Minister in a press briefing about LBOD last week that it is a monster and the government should not invest more in LBOD, the government should close it or leave it.
According to the report released by the Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) today, there is a high level of flood at Sukkur Barrage and medium level at Guddu Barrage in the Indus River.
According to the FFD report, the Tarbela dam will be full soon, as per available data from the Sindh Irrigation Department, the water level in it was 1549.5 feet at noon on August 27.
Destruction due to heavy rains in Sanghar
The recent monsoon rains have wreaked havoc in the entire Sanghar district.
Unusual rains have made life difficult in all the six talukas of Khaparu, Sanghar, Jam Nawaz Ali, Sanjhuru, Shahdadpur and Tando Adam in the district.
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A massive migration of both human population and livestock has been witnessed here, with people forced to move to open-air highlands and to government schools, colleges and nearby towns.
Farmers have lost their jobs as their crops have been completely destroyed.
Charitable organizations and some individuals have started providing food while Rs 25,000 assistance was also distributed to people registered under the Benazir Income Support Programme.
According to the data released by the Sanghar district administration, 52 thousand 498 houses were damaged till Friday while 598 thousand 380 people were affected by the rains.
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