Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visited the embankments at Sukkur Barrage to review the flood situation on Thursday.
Bilawal Bhutto was briefed about the flood risk in the province of Sindh. Panicked at the devastation caused by massive floods in Punjab, Bilawal reviewed the situation at the Sukkur Barrage for taking precautionary measures in case of floods. He was accompanied by Sherry Rehman, CM Qaim Ali Shah, Syed Awais Muzafar, provincial ministers and Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Major General Said Aleem.
Bilawal Bhutto closely assessed Sindh River and parts of the Sukkur Barrage. Babur Afandi, Secretary Irrigation, briefed him about the flood situation in Sindh. He told that the risk of a high flood in Sindh River had lessened, however, low-level flood tides were raging from both Sukkur and Guddu barrages. He informed that the precautionary measures had already been taken against floods after 75 villages had been inundated near the Kashmore-Kandhkot district.
Some 45 embankments have been termed as sensitive. The dykes in Larkana can also be considered sensitive in case a high flood hits the nearby areas.
The irrigation secretary said that rural areas including Kashmore, Kandhkot, Shikarpur, Sukkur, Khairpur, Naushero Feroze were at a higher risk of damage caused by floods, therefore, people had been asked to shift to safer places.
On this occasion, NDMA Chairman Major General Aleem said currently the flood situation had been brought under control through strict protective measures in Sindh.
