Hyderabad:
Since the Monsun season is on the horizon, waterways have already started in waterways in waterways. Almost half a dozen villages and hundreds of Acres agricultural land went under water in Seri Town of Hyderabad on Monday by going out of a break in the new Phuleli channel.
However, no misfortune was reported in the wake of, and no animal animals allegedly perished. The channel, an official of Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (Sida) informed, flowed at a high level of over 15,000 CUSERCS when the incident occurred as the harmful properties, assets and crops.
According to a report shared by the district administration after the visit of Deputy Commissioner Zainul Abedin Memon, the breach is expanded to between 40 to 50 feet when the connection exercise started. The location of the opening was RD-122 in Deh Lakhi Keti, Taluka Latifabad.
An official in rescue 1122 informed that Levee jumped in the village of Noorai Sharif. The water later flooded Kumon Kambrani, Kamdar Mallah, Laung Mallah and other villages as well. Standing crops on hundreds of hectare of land were flooded with villages giving a picture of a sea with land submerged as far as human eyes can see.
An official in Sida requesting anonymity revealed that the exercise of closure of the violation started after the sunset because the locals would have time for water to return in the canal.
According to him, the channel’s water level was dropped by thousands of Cusercs after the breakup, which enabled the reverse flow.
The official said the channel reviewed rehabilitation from 2015 to 2018, but the focus of the works was the hydrological structures and the adjacent dams. According to him, RD-122 was a katcha [mud reinforced] Levee.
The Sida has not yet conducted an investigation into the cause of the violation. The locals told the media that they pointed out weakness in the dam several times to the lower officials of the authority.
Meanwhile, the district administration and Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) staff to start drainage operations. Rescue 1122 teams also came along with boats to save all Marooned people.
