BADIN, Sept 14: The Left Bank Outfall Drain is facing increased water pressure, posing threat to villages and crops in Tando Bago and Badin talukas. People residing near vulnerable points are living in a state of fear due to the dangerous position of embankments of the LBOD.

DCO Aftab Ahmad Khatri is reviewing the situation but no measures have been taken to stop the enormously high flow of water released into the LBOD in upper districts of Sindh and Punjab.

The LBOD has a capacity of 3,600 cusec water but it is currently carrying four times more water.

Zahid Mallah, a grower, told Dawn that Badin, Tando Bago and other towns were facing flood threats.

He said breaches could occur if water of field drains was released into the LBOD.

Reports from Tando Bago revealed that more than one dozen villages in Tando Bago and part of Jhuddo, including Qasim Jatt, Ahsan Alyani, Gohram Chandio and villages, were under drain water.

The LBOD is overflowing at several places and posing threat to its banks from RD-245 to RD-305.

People of the district have demanded that release of water into the LBOD must be stopped and measures taken to strengthen the drain embankments.