SANGHAR, Sept 8: The breach in the Samaro branch at RD No15, Khipro sub-division, which had developed on Sunday flooded several acres of crops. However, it was plugged by the peasants of the area before a major crisis occurred.
The irrigation authorities had closed the Jagir minor, the Doro Bazaar branch, the Santor minor, the Tagoosar minor, and many other small waterways under the rotation programme. As a result, the excess water flowed from various places into several canals of the Khipro irrigation sub-division. On Sunday, the banks of the Samore Shakh burst near watercourse No5, which is near the Dad Mohammad Brohi village.
The villagers ran towards the site and lowered the gates of the Samore from the Khipro canal. The breach was plugged by the farmers and the water supply restored.
Even though several acres had been flooded by that time, however, a huge disaster was averted.
KILLED: Seven armed men shot dead a man, Manik Jafri, and injured his brother, Tagial Jafri, over an old enmity at a Tanga stand in the Veeram Khan Jafri village, Shikarpur Taluka, on Saturday.
The Stuart Ganj police have registered a case.
ACCIDENT: A truck driver hit a constable of the SRP, Irshad Ahmed, killing him on the spot near Sultankot on the National Highway on Saturday night.
The constable had asked the truck driver to stop but instead of stopping he kept on going crushing the former under the wheels of his truck.
KU: The acting district president,Tanzeem-e-Asatiza, Shikarpur, Abdullah Sethar, has condemned the lathi charge on teachers and students of the Karachi University.
In a statement, he demanded of the Sindh governor to order an inquiry into the incident and punish those responsible for the incident.
