Floodwaters Continue Breaching Sindh Canals.

DADU/QUETTA/ISLAMABAD -- There is no letup in severity of floods in Sindh province as breaches in flooded canals continued on Sunday multiplying the miseries of affected people amid the warning of Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) that a new spell of rains in Balochistan could start from September 14.

The National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) has also warned that rainfall may trigger landslides in Kashmir, hilly area of KP, GB, Galiyat and Murree. As per official sources, a 50-foot wide breach occurred in Pir Shakh Canal in Dadu which posed a flooding threat to the city.

It is learnt that even after organising breaches in Manchhar Lake, the water pressure has not yet receded in the Sindh canals.

Earlier, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif while taking notice of the possible threat to a 500KV grid station in Dadu from the flood situation, directed for utilization of all resources to protect the power grid.

The prime minister directed the civil and military high-ups to immediately save the grid station from being affected by the flood, PM Office Media Wing said in a press release.

For the uninterrupted power supply, the protection of grid station was necessary, he added.

Upon PM's directive, three excavators had been sent from Moro city.

The prime minister had been, round the clock, supervising the restoration and rehabilitation work on the flood-damaged infrastructure.

Worst affected districts of Sindh include Qambar Shahdad Kot, Jacobabad, Larkana, Khairpur, Dadu, Noshero Feroz, Thatta and Badin.

In Balochistan districts include Quetta, Naseerabad, Jafarabad, Jhalmagsi, Bolan, Sohbatpur and Lesbela.

KP include Dir, Swat, Charsadda, Kohistan, Tank and DI Khan and in Punjab include DG Khan and Rajanpur.

A torrent of floodwater has entered Bhan Saeedabad, and there is water everywhere in Sehwan too.

At least 200,000 people have been affected by the flood. Many areas including Wahar Union Council and Bobak have been submerged.

MPA Dadu Pir Mujeebul Haq has told a private TV channel that 150 villages in Dadu's Pir Shahnawaz and Yar Mohammad Kalhoro union councils were submerged, adding that the floodwater was now advancing towards Dadu city.

Dadu Deputy Commissioner Syed Murtaza Ali Shah said that heavy machinery had been brought in to deal with the breach at Ring bund.

On Saturday last, water had started flowing towards Dadu city, submerging around 300 villages along the way, following a 500-wide breach in Ring...