150-foot breach in Hub Canal.

KARACHI -- A portion of the Hub canal developed 150-foot breach near MangAhopir following heavy rains, area people and officials said on Sunday.

The news of the breach caused panic and scare among the people living in Surjani Town and Manghopir.

Senior Pakistan Peoples Party leader and chief minister's focal person for district West Waqar Mehdi confirmed the breach and said that district administration, police and irrigation officials were present there.

Officials said that Hub dam, located 56 kilometres from Karachi, had last week reached capacity and overflowed when the water level was recorded at nearly 340 feet leading to opening of spillway of the reservoir. Since then, further flow to the Hub dam had been stopAped to prevent the situation from deteriorating further.

A senior official, who wished not to be named, said that the flow of water from the breach was still far away from human settlements.

He said that at present there was no threat to two nearby villages - Khamiso Goth and Pathan...