Canal breach: Cotton crops flooded

Closure of almost all outlets of the canal increased water pressure on the embankments causing the breach.

NAWABSHAH:

Cotton crops cultivated over one hundred acres were flooded after a breach occurred in the Setharki canal near Nawabshah. High water pressure caused the 20-feet-wide breach, which occurred in the early hours of Thursday.

Growers said that the staff of the irrigation department had closed almost all outlets of the canal after the wheat season ended, which increased water pressure on the embankments causing the breach.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 20^th, 2011.