Badin residents asked to evacuate as floodwater level rises.

KARACHI -- The administration in Badin issued an evacuation alert to residents on Tuesday after the floodwater level continued to increase near the district.

According to media, the residents were alerted through loudspeakers in mosques and vehicles. The district administration appealed to the population to immediately vacate their homes, and move their livestock and valuables to safer places.

Local sources say that the water in the area has become uncontrollable, increasing rather than decreasing in an area of ??50km.

The floodwater has submerged hundreds of villages in the union councils of Malkani, Samansarkar, Pir Bodlu and Pangrio among others. Water between Right Bank Drain 205 and 207 was overflowing due to severe pressure on weak embankments.

The water level in the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) was also continuously increasing to an alarming level. Fear has spread in the area after attempts were made to cut LBOD and RD 211 yesterday.

The efforts to seal the crack at Paran River have also been stopped indefinitely. Even after 17 days the water flowing through the cracks in Paran River and Sukkur Barrage could not be stopped.

However, the high level of floodwater at the Kotri Barrage on the Indus River has started...

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