Constantly increasing flood continues to mount pressure on Indus protective dykes as it has washed away four studs of Akil-Agani Bund out of eight and one spur has also been badly damaged on Friday.
The erosion of Moria Bund is also going on. Rangers has been asked to monitor the situation. Flood pressure has been rising on Nusrat and Moria Bunds, as the people living in nearby villages are in fear. Eight studs were built after 2010 super floods to strengthen this major Akil-Agani bund which has always been declared sensitive during such flood-like situations as water accumulates here due to very low passage from Larkana-Khairpur bridge which is very narrow.
Right Bank Sukkur Barrage Chief Engineer Nazir Mahar visited the bund and told media that there was no imminent danger as the stones were being dumped here and he hoped that flood water will pass through the area comfortably. He added that constant strict vigilance was being kept on the bunds by the irrigation officials and all required heavy machinery had also reached at this vulnerable point.
Meanwhile, a control room has been established to monitor the flood situation in the main camp office of the Larkana division’s commissioner which would work round the clock.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Larkana Javed Ahmed Jagirani also visited these bunds along with Rangers Wing Commander Col Nadeem. Jagirani and told reporters after their visit that monitoring of bunds had been intensified and Rangers was asked to help which will also patrol these areas.
He said six tent cities had been established along with Akil village where all necessary arrangements, including food supplies, had been made available. Jagirani said the Indus had vast basin in Larkana district, hence, entire katcha areas would not be able to submerge in flood. The DC further said that there were 200 villages in the riverine area and people of those areas will be shifted to safer places which will be affected by flood for which six boats will be provided by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
