Waters Continued To Flow At The Present Pace

The waters were flowing smoothly into the rbod but their velocity was slow in an attempt to calm a terrified populace he said if the waters continued to flow at the present pace the threat to shahdadkot would fizzle out.

According to the minister the town would be in dange only if the flow turned to wards the shahdadkot ratodero road ramesh lal an MNA, said floodwaters had touched a recently built four feet high embankment.

The barrier turned out to be flimsy he added asit was gost two feet higher than the water level the legislator said about 90 per cent of the population had left while the remaining had chosen to stay back to guard property.


Army and navy helicopters to marooned people in Ghrhi khairo and adjoining areas seepage from the embankment at the Gul hassan brohi village and brohi petrol pump near the motorway was plugged after frantic ataempts through the day.


Six people died and 24 others including eight women and children were ingured when a high tension electricity wire fell on their tractor trolley on the lndus highway near kashmore the tractor trolley which was taking 30 flood affected people and their livestock to safe areas hit an electric pole.