Sindh is currently faced with medium-range flood situation and this may persist for next two weeks mainly affecting the katcha areas which are basically part of the river itself.
Senior government officials talking to APP Thursday said though there was no imminent threat to settled areas yet in view of situation in upper parts of the country necessary measures had been adopted to combat avoidable loss.
Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA-Sindh) Director General Syed Salman Shah said that 36,000 cusecs water was passing through Guddu Barrage Thursday, therefore, inhabitants of katcha villages in Ghotki have been evacuated and shifted to relief camps in Ghotki as well as at Qadirpur (Loop One).
Reiterating that situation was absolutely under control and that there had not been any devastation as such, he said, the PDMA in close coordination with district and divisional administration as well as concerned departments had already set up relief camps in areas considered to be at risk.
Katcha areas comprise extremely fertile land and during low tide season an opportunity is provided to nearby villagers to settle and cultivate the same.
“Five medical camps have been constituted in Ghotki and these are mainly along with bunds,” said the PDMA chief mentioning that being in close coordination with all concerned departments he knew for fact that measures had been adopted for round the clock vigil and protection of different embankments.
Director, Regional Meteorological Department, Karachi, Dr Abdul Rasheed, said rains were to hit the first line of Arabian Sea coast in Sindh comprising Thatta Badin and Karachi during the current monsoons that occur from July 15 to September.
“It is basically due to steady change in the climatic conditions that pattern of rain fall is also witnessed to be behaving weird,” said the senior meteorologist.
“Situation registered in different parts of Punjab and KPK are manifestation of this phenomenon severely affecting infrastructure in the urban centres while playing havoc in rural areas,” he said.
