1,100 mm rainfall, 30 MAF hill torrents deluge from Balochistan wreaked havoc: CM Sindh.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Wednesday that the province received unprecedented rains of 1100 mm alongside an additional 30 MAF deluge of Balochistan's hill torrents, which came down, wreaking havoc in the cities and towns located on the right bank of River Indus and a similar situation emerged on the Left Bank of the River.

This situation, he said, had created unprecedented humanitarian crisis as his government was fighting to rescue and rehabilitate the people.

The CM expressed the said grim picture, rising from monstrous floods, in a press conference here at CM House, according to a released statement.

The CM Sindh was flanked by Provincial Minister for Information Sharjeel Inam Memon, Minister Excise Mukesh Kumar Chawla, and Special Assistant Syed Qasim Naveed.

In order to contain the hill torrents, the FP dyke was erected by six feet, said the CM, also recalling that just like the floods of 2010 it had once again caused five breaches into the FP Bund and flooded various towns and villages in its way on the right bank.

On the left of the River Indus major cities like Shaheed Benazirabad, Sanghar, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas and Badin were located, he apprised the media persons, adding that the accumulated water to be discharged into Shakoor lake, whereas the cities and towns located near River Indus would have to pump their water into the river.

'But, this will take time, he said, adding that the quatum of water was so huge.

In what can be called a sigh of relief, the CM shared that the River position at Guddu and Sukkur barrages was normal, as the high flood was passing through the Barrage and discharge was continuously receding.

Comparing the discharge at Kotri for the last two days, he said that its flow was 575,435 cusecs upstream and 555,185 downstream which showed a decline of 50,759 cusecs on September 13.

Similarly, the Kotri was flowing at 525,696 downstream and 508,981 upstream which has shown a decline of 100,497.

The CM Sindh said that the water level at Dadu Moro Bridge was 126.9 RL on September 13 and it came down to 126 RL on Wednesday.

Similarly, Manchhar Lake had 122.5 RL on September 13 and it had come down to 122.1 RL today.

Similarly, Amri Bridge had 108.9 RL on September 13 and it reduced to 108.2 today.

'Level of Dadu-Moro bridge had reduced by 4.4 feet, Manchhar Lake by 0.8 foot and Amri Bridge at 3.2 feet,' the CM said.

Syed Murad Ali Shah also said that Johi Branch had also shown a...