SUKKUR: A portion of the dyke of Heeruddin Shakh (water channel) developed 30-foot breach at Mureed Jaffar village near Tangwani town in Kandhot district on Friday, flooding several hundred acres of farmland and three villages.

Affected residents of the villages of Abdullah, Abdul Baqi and Abdul Bari Khoso said that the water gushing from the breach had flooded their houses and destroyed standing crops.

They said that they had informed in time the irrigation department officials concerned about the breach but neither did they arrive in the village nor reduce flow of water in the channel to help them plug the breach on self-help basis.

“After losing all hope of official help coming, we are plugging the breach with our limited resources,” said the villagers.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2022