A day after the water level in Sindh’s Manchhar Lake rose to a “dangerous level”, a cut was made in water body’s dyke on Sunday to release pressure while Pakistan Army and Rangers personnel were deployed to assist the civil administration.
Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon said that cut to lake was administered on Sunday to save Sehwan from flooding.
cut will affect Wahar, Jafarabad, Deobak, Arazi, and Channai, and other UCs, he added.
move will impact 125,000 people and dozens of villages will be flooded. However, a large number of local residents in area have been evacuated.
Officials emphasised that water level in Manchar Lake had risen to a dangerous level and the measure was taken to save cities.
It merits mention that the death toll from devastating floods in Pakistan has reached 1290 as country grapples with a relief and rescue operation of near unprecedented scale.
