In Badin, Jamshoro: Drought declared in 198 dehs

HYDERABAD: The Sindh government declared large parts of two more districts, Jamshoro and Badin, as calamity-hit on Wednesday. After the addition, presently the people in eight districts in the province are suffering from drought conditions.

A total of 198 dehs in the two districts have been put on the calamity-affected list. These include 110 dehs in Sehwan, Manjhan, Thana Bula Khan and Kotri talukas of Jamshoro and 88 in Tando Bago, Golarchi, Badin, Matli and Talhar talukas of Badin district. A list with the names of all 198 dehs was issued.

Earlier, on September 5, the provincial government declared drought in Tharparkar, Umerkot, Thatta, Dadu, Sanghar and Kamber Shahdadkot districts due to scant rain and water shortage.

During the three months starting with June, Tharparkar district’s Mithi taluka received 58 millimetres of rain, Islamkot 24 mm, Diplo 51 mm, Dahli 120 mm and Nagarparkar 40 mm. The other five districts also received negligible rains.

The provincial government will provide food aid and waive agricultural taxes in the affected districts.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 27^th, 2018.