The high level of flood has passed from the Sukkur Barrage and the water level in the Manchhar Lake is continuously rising, threatening the ...
The high level of flood has passed from the Sukkur Barrage and the water level in the Manchhar Lake is continuously rising, threatening the Dadu district of Sindh with a large-scale disaster.
According to the report of the Flood Forecasting Division, a high level flood of 5 lakh 59 thousand 988 cusecs passed through the Sukkur barrage at 6 am today.
Important developments
- In 24 hours, 57 more people died, the total number of deaths reached 1,265
- High level flood is passing through Sukkur Barrage
- Increase in water level in Manchhar Lake
- More aid arrives from France
- Meteorological department predicts more rain in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- The work of restoring electricity in the affected areas is going on
- Dadu district has become the new epicenter of floods as water is flowing towards the south of the country after wreaking havoc in the northern parts of the country.
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According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), at least 1,265 people have died since June 14 due to record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in the northern mountains.
Among them, 57 deaths have occurred during the last 24 hours while the total number of injured is 12 thousand 577 so far.
A day ago, Dadu city was surrounded by flood water, with Khairpur Nathan Shah city in the north of the city, Manchhar Lake in the south, Main Nara Valley Drain in the west and Indus River in the east.
A local resident, Bashir Khan, who is in touch with others in the area, said that several villages in Dadu district are under 11 feet of water.
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"My house is under water, I moved out of my house with my family 4 days ago," he told Reuters.
Residents in the neighboring Mehar district were building a dam in an attempt to prevent floodwaters from entering the town, he said.
Meanwhile, Chief Engineer of Kotri Barrage told Dawn over phone that 'the highest level of high flood level passed through Sukkur Barrage on August 25'.
At that time he was confident that the riverbanks in his territorial jurisdiction were safe and strong enough to withstand the flow, the first high flood rail of 579,753 cusecs passed through the Sukkur barrage at 6 am on 25 August.
Apart from this, the water level in Manchhar lake was also rising, due to which Deputy Commissioner of Jamshoro Fariduddin Mustafa had issued a flood alert.
Speaking to Dawn.com today, he said that if the water level rises further, the residents of nearby areas may be evacuated.
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Sardar Sikandar Rahopoto, a member of the National Assembly from Sehun, told Dawn.com that the safety dams of the lake are being monitored and rescue operations are underway.
A day ago, water was flowing into the lake from the Main Nara Valley Drain, known as the Right Bank Outfall Drain, which was flooded from the mountains due to which cracks were reported at several places.
After that, the lake flow in the Indus River was measured to be around 10,000 to 15,000 cusecs.
Irrigation department officer Mahesh Kumar told Dawn from Manchhar Lake that now the Indus River is not accepting much flow of water as it already has too much water, earlier 30,000 cusecs of water was being easily released from the lake. was
More help arrives
Pakistan is struggling to cope with severe floods, which have affected 33 million people or 15 percent of the population.
The Federal Ministry of Health said in a tweet with reference to the spokesman that a French plane carrying aid for the flood victims landed at Islamabad Airport this morning.
The spokesperson said that Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel welcomed the crew engineering team of the aircraft and the French ambassador along with them.
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Apart from this, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appreciated the government departments and civil servants for their 'wonderful work' in rehabilitating the flood-affected areas.
He tweeted that a massive national effort is underway to restore essential services in flood-hit areas.
The work of restoring electricity in the affected areas is going on
Work is in progress to restore electricity, Maryam Aurangzeb
On the other hand, Federal Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb has said that on the instructions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the restoration of electricity supply in the flood-affected areas is ongoing on an emergency basis.
Informing about the progress in a series of tweets, he said that out of 81 damaged stations of electricity distribution companies, power supply has been restored from 46 grid stations.
The information minister added that 881 feeders of 11 kV were initially damaged by the flood and so far 475 feeders have been repaired.
He added that 35 feeders in the flood-affected areas are yet to be activated due to the risk of electrocution.
He said that 25 of these feeders were in Balochistan and 5 in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Maryam Aurangzeb said that two transmission lines of National Transmission and Dispatch Company running from Sabi to Quetta and from Dadu to Khuzdar were destroyed due to flood.
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He added that the line between Dadu and Khuzdar would be repaired by tomorrow to provide 300 MW of electricity to the flood-affected areas.
The information minister said that the repair work of the transmission line between Sabi and Quetta will be completed by September 10.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appreciated the government departments and civil servants for the 'amazing work' in the rehabilitation of the flood-affected areas.
He tweeted that a massive national effort is underway to restore essential services in flood-hit areas.
More rain is forecast
The Meteorological Department has predicted more rains, but less intensity than during September compared to previous weeks.
In a forecast issued today, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said that rain/wind/thunderstorm is likely to occur in the upper parts of the country till Tuesday.
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