Forty villages flooded near Dadu
DADU: A 10-metre breach at an embankment in a village near Mehar widened to 60 metres on Saturday evening, inundating more than 40 villages in three union councils.
The water from the breach at Suprio, in Mochi village, was now threatening Mehar itself. It was 10 kilometres from the town at Saturday midnight. Mehar was facing a danger from another side as the water released from a breach in Khairpur Nathan Shah was also advancing on the town.
Dadu DCO Mohammad Iqbal advised residents of the district and the internally displaced people to move to safe places. About 80 per cent of the residents have already abandoned Mehar.
Because of a shortage of vehicles, people were seen travelling on foot and riding donkey carts on Naseerabad, Larkana and Betto Jatoi roads.