Flood warning issued for Sutlej, Sindh helpless on 11th day
The Provincial Disaster Management Authority said that the inundated current will be made up of 80,000 cusecs of water, making it the biggest current in 15 years.
Earlier, several villages located inside and alongside the river had been inundated.
The crops stretching over hundreds of acres in the river bed and along its banks were also submerged.
River Sutlej was also in low flood last week because of heavy rainfall in its catchments and release of water from head works by India.
Flood victims in Sindh remain helpless
Hundreds of villages remain inundated while thousands of people are trapped in flood water in district Badin, Tando Muhammad Khan, Thatta, Mirpur Khas and Tharparker of Sindh.
Rescue operations by the Army, Rangers and civil administrations is underway in the affected districts, but the victims still remain helpless due to a lack of food aid even after the lapse of 11 days.
Additionally, stagnant water in the flood-hit areas is causing malaria and other water-borne diseases.
The district administration increased the number of relief camps to 84 in Tando Muhammad Khan.
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Just a couple of days ago PM Gilani as indulging in chest thumping about not letting india 'hold back' the water meant for Pakistan. He should be spending his energy developing a proper water management policy which would prevent this kind of flooding(or shortages in dry months). The problem in Pakistan is not too little water but too much and no management.
Thanks God at last the water in Sutlej River let us pray it is there every year.
E T please correct your reporting this in not Flood but normal water flow the F M Ayub not gifted the River to India this water bring the benfit to the people ,land & eclogical system
This is blessing of GOD
again Pakistanis are in crises ..
For the govt, its just like the water off a duck's back. How can a govt. be so neglectful, remain a sixty four thousand dollar question. I have never seen such a defiant governess in my life. NGOs and civil society workers are still showing some participation but the major work is to be done by the govt, which has turned a blind eye to it. There is not even a speck of concern shown by the responsible authorities!