Move as flooding threatens millions Sindh
flood torrents are the main hit Sukkur fire, threatening to further inundate large areas of Sindh. Upper Sindh is already under water, and two million people have fled the province as industrial river threatening to burst it.
The water level at Guddu barrage reduced from 1.148 million to 1.087 million cusecs cusecs, while a 40 – foot crack in Nara Canal near the village Khuda Bakhsh floods resulted in three villages and many acres of land. Ten houses collapsed due to flood water.
Five other villages were inundated following a breach in the canal and canal Member Kandhkot near Allahabad Musa.
Meanwhile, the flow of water in Sukkur barrage reached 1,130,959 cusecs while the current flow is the outflow was 1,108,795 cusecs.
Army on alert in Sindh to deal with any emergency situation in the wake of the flood warning.
Mirpur Khas, Khairpur, Nawabshah, Sanghar, Tandon Alhiyar, Omar Kot and Thar Parkar are under threat following the publication of 27,000 cusecs of water from Nara Canal of Sukkur barrage. Residents of these areas are moving to safer places.
Meanwhile, Kotri barrage Irrigation Control Room reported that the water level has not increased in last 24 hours.
Navy carries out rescue work
Pakistan Navy has saved up to 7000 people from the area in Sindh Kacha Interior. Navy spokesman said the rescue operations are currently underway in interior Sindh and thousands of people are being shifted to safer places with the help of helicopters.
Relief work is being carried out by 60 boats, 60 motor boats, the seven helicopters and two planes. Meanwhile, the Navy has requested additional helicopters to help in the work of aid.
Flooding Punjab
Floodwater continues to hit Muzaffargarh, thousands of waters affected by queuing up outside the relief camps for food and other goods.
Torrent River flood Sindh is currently going through the western areas of the county.
Meanwhile, some 800,000 cusecs of water originating from the chief is going to Muzaffargarh Chashma and is likely to reach the area in the next 48 hours.
The locals are complaining about the inadequacy of relief activities and a lack of food and water, while five persons including two engineers of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited are feared to have been killed by floods in the rain a torrent flow of mountains Taunsa Sharif.
A torrent that gushed Rod Kohi flooding in the area also killed two engineers and Hameed Abdul Atta ur Rehman. Only one body has been taken so far.
Recent rains have also triggered a flood in the rain flows Suleman Mountain range. More than five hundred people are still trapped and Noor Ahmed Wali Khad Bazdar areas.
Punjab CM asks for relief
Chief of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has asked the federal government to distribute foreign aid to flood affectees on the destruction caused in the respective provinces.
Speaking at the airport Rahim yar Khan, Shahbaz said that the Rs25 billion requested by the federal government will only cover emergency relief and trillions will be needed to rehabilitate the flood affectees.
Chief Minister urged the country's wealth and resources that had been appropriated by many to be taken from them and distributed among the flood victims.
Shahbaz said that if Prime Minister Gilani arrived to do this, his name will be written in the annals of history.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa recovery
DCO Charsadda, said Tuesday that 53 people were killed and 500,000 people have been affected by devastating floods in the district.
Relief activities have been accelerated as the weather has become clear. Peshawar Corps Commander Asif Yasin Malik visited the flood affected areas in the district today.
Malik said the agreements will be made to victims of floods for the first 10 days of Ramazan. Water filtration plants are also being installed.
He said that all organizations are engaged in rehabilitation efforts. But locals said the relief goods are not being distributed in remote areas.
Floods in Balochistan
In Balochistan, water flood has destroyed a security barrier that was built to preserve the city Suhbatpur Jaffarabad district.
The city is now under threat as water is moving towards it and people are trying to divert the flow of water to them, while floods have destroyed about 300 houses and 170 shops in the district of Harnai.
Flood victims surrounded the Deputy Commissioner's office and protested the administration's failure to provide assistance.
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The water level at Guddu barrage reduced from 1.148 million to 1.087 million cusecs cusecs, while a 40 – foot crack in Nara Canal near the village Khuda Bakhsh floods resulted in three villages and many acres of land. Ten houses collapsed due to flood water.
Five other villages were inundated following a breach in the canal and canal Member Kandhkot near Allahabad Musa.
Meanwhile, the flow of water in Sukkur barrage reached 1,130,959 cusecs while the current flow is the outflow was 1,108,795 cusecs.
Army on alert in Sindh to deal with any emergency situation in the wake of the flood warning.
Mirpur Khas, Khairpur, Nawabshah, Sanghar, Tandon Alhiyar, Omar Kot and Thar Parkar are under threat following the publication of 27,000 cusecs of water from Nara Canal of Sukkur barrage. Residents of these areas are moving to safer places.
Meanwhile, Kotri barrage Irrigation Control Room reported that the water level has not increased in last 24 hours.
Navy carries out rescue work
Pakistan Navy has saved up to 7000 people from the area in Sindh Kacha Interior. Navy spokesman said the rescue operations are currently underway in interior Sindh and thousands of people are being shifted to safer places with the help of helicopters.
Relief work is being carried out by 60 boats, 60 motor boats, the seven helicopters and two planes. Meanwhile, the Navy has requested additional helicopters to help in the work of aid.
Flooding Punjab
Floodwater continues to hit Muzaffargarh, thousands of waters affected by queuing up outside the relief camps for food and other goods.
Torrent River flood Sindh is currently going through the western areas of the county.
Meanwhile, some 800,000 cusecs of water originating from the chief is going to Muzaffargarh Chashma and is likely to reach the area in the next 48 hours.
The locals are complaining about the inadequacy of relief activities and a lack of food and water, while five persons including two engineers of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited are feared to have been killed by floods in the rain a torrent flow of mountains Taunsa Sharif.
A torrent that gushed Rod Kohi flooding in the area also killed two engineers and Hameed Abdul Atta ur Rehman. Only one body has been taken so far.
Recent rains have also triggered a flood in the rain flows Suleman Mountain range. More than five hundred people are still trapped and Noor Ahmed Wali Khad Bazdar areas.
Punjab CM asks for relief
Chief of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has asked the federal government to distribute foreign aid to flood affectees on the destruction caused in the respective provinces.
Speaking at the airport Rahim yar Khan, Shahbaz said that the Rs25 billion requested by the federal government will only cover emergency relief and trillions will be needed to rehabilitate the flood affectees.
Chief Minister urged the country's wealth and resources that had been appropriated by many to be taken from them and distributed among the flood victims.
Shahbaz said that if Prime Minister Gilani arrived to do this, his name will be written in the annals of history.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa recovery
DCO Charsadda, said Tuesday that 53 people were killed and 500,000 people have been affected by devastating floods in the district.
Relief activities have been accelerated as the weather has become clear. Peshawar Corps Commander Asif Yasin Malik visited the flood affected areas in the district today.
Malik said the agreements will be made to victims of floods for the first 10 days of Ramazan. Water filtration plants are also being installed.
He said that all organizations are engaged in rehabilitation efforts. But locals said the relief goods are not being distributed in remote areas.
Floods in Balochistan
In Balochistan, water flood has destroyed a security barrier that was built to preserve the city Suhbatpur Jaffarabad district.
The city is now under threat as water is moving towards it and people are trying to divert the flow of water to them, while floods have destroyed about 300 houses and 170 shops in the district of Harnai.
Flood victims surrounded the Deputy Commissioner's office and protested the administration's failure to provide assistance.
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