Floodwater enters in Jacobabad, 100 more villages inundated in Khairpur

KARACHI: The situation created by recent rains and flashfloods in Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh is yet to be controlled and the rain-hit masses are laying under open sky helplessly, Geo News reported.

Flood streams and rainwater after creating havoc in Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Rojhan, Jampur and Gharibabad is moving towards Shahwali.

In Balochistan, flash floods triggered by the torrential rains has marooned about 0.6 million people in Naseerabad and Jaffarabad districts alone, besides destroying standing crops on thousands of acres, damaging over 2,000 houses and completely washing away road network.

Rain-hit masses are laying under open sky and waiting for help. There is acute shortage of food and water in these areas and people are compelled to consume contaminated water resulting water-borne diseases are on rise.

Rainwater after submerging 200 villages in Osta Muhammed has entered in Jacobabad city inundating its surrounding areas. Around 28 UCs of tehsil Thal in Jacobabad are inundated in rainwater.

Panic and fear prevailed in the area as citizens started shifting their household to safer places.

Reports said that the local administration has planned to develop cuts on the National Highway to protect the city from flooding. However, the army has reached the area to rescue the citizens.

Seven districts, including Jacobabad, Ghotki, Shikarpur, Sukkur, Khairpur, Larkana and Kamber-Shahdadkot are submerged under four feet of floodwater. The victims urged the authorities to protect the city from flood water by constructing a ring dyke around the area.

They staged protests against the apathy of the government officials.

They complained that TMAs, irrigation department as well as relief and rehabilitation department had failed to drain out the stagnant water, which caused collapse of their houses.

They added that stocks of wheat, other edible items and fodder lying in their houses also washed away in the rainwater.

On the other hand, in Khairpur flood streams and rainwater nullahs coming from mountainous areas of Pir Koko and Shadi Shaheed have inundated 100 more villages and people have been forced to live under open sky without basic facilities.