At least seven more people lost their lives in various rain and flood-related accidents,
as further breaches in canals and nullahs at several points inundated
numerous other villages in the wake of continued lashing rains and
flash flood in Interior Sindh.
Vast swaths of agri-lands were deluged by floodwater in Noushehro
Feroz areas with residents on foot in search for safer locations. Also,
there are some citizens who kept up making efforts on self-help basis
to erect temporary embankment to stem the flood tide.
Various villages of Nawabshah turned into virtual river where a 25-year youth drowned thanks to flooding of a saline nullah.
Flood displaced people are sitting under open skies with protest in progress against lack of relief from administration.
In Dadu also, several villages were washed out by the flooding.
Meantime, the flood victims staged demonstration against administration
that snatched from them the goods doled out by NGOs.
District Thatta is buckling under far worse conditions with flooding
of saline nullahs submerged under water vast lands in two union
councils in Tehsil Jati and eight UCs in Mirpur Buthoro.
Driving rains deluged several areas of Gharon in Sanghar. The rain
victims staged demonstration against administration for not taking up
timely action. Gastro and skin diseases are on the rise in the
flood-smashed areas.
A two-year child died of gastro at a relief camp of affectees from
Khairpur area of Mirwah. Another gastro patient passed away in Moro as
well. DPO Sanghar Abdullah Shaikh said that District sanghar has been
declared calamity hit as water level is rising and people are suffering
more day by day.
Talking to official TV channel he said, “we have established relief
camps in schools and provided food, clothes and other basic
necessities” adding, “we are trying that, whatever government is
providing, should be distributed equally among the affectees”.
He said that it’s a natural disaster and we are trying our best to
cope with it but main problem here is the power shortage because we
have to run the drain machines from grid station to take all the water
out as more water is coming in the city than we are taking out.
Replying to a question he said that no exact figure can be given
right now because there are so many small towns and it would take time
to figure out yet that how many of those are damaged.
To a question about electricity he said that city can not be
provided electricity right now because most of the area is under water.
But engineers are trying their best to restore the power.
He said that in spite of lack of resources, provincial government
tried hard to relief the people as they are in very bad situation.
Owing to this disaster, he said, crops are totally damaged which are
the main source of income for the people of the area and that is why
they are totally dependent on relief camps and aid that is being
provided to them from government and other sectors. SANA
