BADIN: Heavy monsoons have flooded dozens of villages and displaced more than 0.3 million people across Badin on Monday.
According
to Media Reports, ongoing monsoon rain has wreaked havoc across
District Badin and its surrounding areas as rain nullahs have been
flooded by rainwater and people of many areas have started to move away
on their own seeking refuge.
Pakistan Army has launched full
scale rescue services after establishing an aid center in Badin while
the district administration has claimed that more than 90,000 flood
affected people have been shifted to camps.
Water has spread
all over the area and flood water has inundated almost all the land in
District Badin while water has also entered Mangrio and Malkani after a
200 foot wide breach took place in LBOD salt water nullah.
People
of the area are helplessly seeking refuge while some have taken refuge
on high muddy rocks and others in government school buildings.
Some
of the displaced villagers complained that there is no one available to
render any aid to them; others were crying over the deaths of their
animals.
Pakistan Army has formed a rescue camp in Shadi Larj
area where it is trying to provide all possible aid to the displaced
people.
Thousands of people have been displaced in many other
areas including Mehrab Chandio, Mukhtar Arain, Mooso, Mataro, Aaarib
Halipoto and Ahmadani while more than 0.2 million people have taken
refuge in higher places.
After India’s spilling of water into
River Satluj, a flood is expected in the Kasur area of Punjab; local
residents are moving towards safer places. The district administration
of Kasur has cancelled all workers’ leaves and formed flood relief
camps in various areas. Online
