PFF daily Flood Report Sep10

After causing huge devastations in District Dadu flood water roaring towards Jamshoro. Six UCs Jhangara, Boobak, Dal, Channa, Bhan Syedabad and Talti of Taluka Sehwan District Jamshoro are in severe danger. Early warning has been given for evacuation to Sabeel, Kossa, Bozdar, Talpur, Baloo Lashari Gmbhir, Qadir Bux Balai, Amra, Wahur, Qasim Ali, Koor Miani, Gahi Khan Lashari, Ghulam Qadir Rind, Jaheja, subberbs of Bakhtiar Poor, Bilawal Jatoi, Bachal Channa. Thousands of families are found evacuating from the area. The situation in Manchar is getting worst more than expectations. Within last night the water level increased by 1ft in almost 300 sq KM. Now the level of Manchar is 15.8ft. O Point Bridge on MNV at Manchar has been washed away this morning. Artificial cut given by government to reduce the pressure on left bank of MNV has widened its size and enhanced the inflow of water in to Manchar.
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum is striving to save the dwellers of the area and has activated all the task forces at Manchar having six hundred and sixty volunteers. These volunteers are trained for their assigned tasks. So far more than five hundred families have been evacuated to pre identified safer places i.e. Jhangara, FP Bund and Boobak. While three hundred families are going to be given relief, in terms of food ration for a month, on Eid day. Almost 2000 families will need support in suburbs of Manchar. While in case of breach the situation may depict an entire change picture and affectees may be more than 100000. PFF has kept 2 speed boats on standby in order to rescue people in case of expected breach on the left bank of MNV. And 150 community boats are being used to evacuate people from affected areas of Manchar. 14 large and small vehicles are being used in operation.
Dadu City has also been given alert call. While in Johi early warning has been repeated. All the roads are cut off and no way leads to the affected areas. A meeting is being held by Chief Minister at Dadu with disaster Management authorities.
Updates from Thatta
A large number of families shifted to Makli graveyard in Thatta after flood devastated their areas will celebrate their Eidul Fitr at makeshift camps and under the dilapidated tombs of former rulers in the graveyard. Earlier it was said 170,000 people migrated to Makli neighbourhood in Thatta, which was considered safe. Some families have shifted to their relatives after seeing returning normalcy in some of the areas. While a large number of the people are still living there.
Few displaced families moved back to their native villages, despite the fact entire infrastructure has been damaged. No water, electricity, gas supply has been restored yet there. They became fed up after witnessing the humiliation at relief camps, operating certain government officials, where law enforcing agencies personnel were deployed. Hardly a small number of the selected camps are luckily getting food by government officials and political groups, while majority of people living in the open do not have access to these facilities.
PFF Intervention
PFF Relief team is still in Thatta supplying water through water tankers to the scattered relief camps. They are working in close collaboration with the district government. PFF boats and vehicles are still there, helping people if somebody is staying in marooned village. The rescue and relief work is still going on there. PFF relief teams are also supplying ration and non food items to some 300 people staying at an isolated island near Jatti. Because these people do not have access to land routes and could not move to safe areas. Now they need ration for further to survive in isolation.