NAWABSHAH, July 2: With continuous rise in the levels of sim nullahs and drains in the wake of province-wide heavy rains Daur and Jam Saheb towns face danger of being inundated in the event of breaches.

Rising level of water in the main sim nullah which passed through the two towns may lead to breaches if it continued to rain as predicted by meteorological office.

The nullah’s embankments were weak as the department concerned had not carried out its desiliting for many years, a fact which had also led to several breaches in the past.

Daur Taluka Municipal Officer Nabi Bux Rind said that the rising level of sim nullahs in the two towns might cause harm to townspeople if the LBOD drainage division did not rise to the occasion and take any precautionary measures on time.

He said that the division did not carry out desilting despite several reminders. Taluka nazim had written many letters to the high-ups in this regard but to no avail, he said. But the SDO of LBOD Daur sub-division, Syed Mukhtiar Shah, rejected the TMO’s statement and stressed that his department did desilt the main sim nullah and a number of drains in Daur and removed about 2,500 foot silt.

He insisted that the situation at present was not dangerous in Daur while he could not say anything about Jam Saheb town because it did not fall under his jurisdiction.

The executive engineer of LBOD drainage division could not be reached for comments.

District Nazim Faryal Talpur expressed grave concern over the imminent danger to the two towns and said that she would coordinate with the department concerned and would also pay a visit to the areas.It rained with dust-storm in Nawabshah city and its adjoining areas. As usual, electricity went out in several parts of the district with the first drop of rain. There were reports of motorcycle slipping incidents during rain from different hospitals of the district.

BODIES FOUND: Unidentified bodies of a woman and a youth were found in different parts of the district on Monday.