Qambar-Shahdadkot
members of three families at the time of reaching at safe locations
PFF teams evacuated the whole village of Bhandari Vandh (160 individuals)
where the locals were trapped in flood water, which surrounded their village
after the breach in RBOD. In that village the residents were facing acute
shortage of food and water. They were forced to use the flood water, which
caused gastro, intestinal diseases and has taken the lives of four children
in the said village before any help arrived to them.
PFF Team rescues sinking boat
Bringing in food aidPFF teams rescued 9 passengers and 2 crew members of a
private boat, which overturned and put the lives of all 11 individuals at
risk at Panhwaro dropping point in Qambar tehsil. PFF team was on the way to
evacuate the stranded villagers spotted the event and rushed to the site to
save the lives. PFF's expert divers saved all 11 lives. As the news of
overturned boat spread to the city, Pak Navy and local authorities issued a
ban on all of the private boats operating in the area except PFF's boats.
Now in the whole district only PFF and Pak Navy are operating to rescue the
stranded villagers. According to locals they feel safe while being evacuated
by PFF boats. Most of them refused to be evacuated by Pak Navy.
Legislators, media persons visit PFF
1. Ms. Sabina - German National Radio
2. Mr. Gethin Chamberlain - The Observer UK
3. Ms. Tauqeer Fatima - MPA Sindh
4. Mr. Ramesh Lal - MNA
5. Mr. Aamir Magsi - MNA
6. Mr. Nadi Magsi - Provincial Minister of Food
All of the visitors have appreciated the work doing PFF and its staff's
determination.
PFF team doing assessment
PFF also sent its 16 members team for the assessment of the families living
at various locations to see how they are living without any shelter and
proper food. PFF will get 1000 plastic sheets along with rope and bamboo for
shelter, which will be distributed among the affected population of district
Qambar-Shahdadkot.
Total number of evacuated individuals for the day stands at 236 including
160 evacuated from Bhandri Vandh.
Kashmore
FOODPFF teams evacuated 35 families in Kashmore district, who were trapped
in the area under the flood water. PFF boats brought them to safer places.
PFF also distributed cooked food among 380 families living at scattered
camps.
Jamshoro
PFF teams were assessing the losses of property, houses damages and
immediate needs of the flood affected families in Jamshoro District, which
is still facing water pressure. A large number of families are stranded in
the flood water. There are more camps where the area people are living in
government buildings.
Manchhar Water Updates
PFF team monitoring the water flowing from different natural resources to
the Manchhar Lake said there are three drains carrying water flowing to the
Lake. The water has covered the wide area of five kilometers, looking
another River. The water reached Hamal Lake Regulator and may reach
Faridabad. They believe that it may inundate parts of major towns and
adjoining areas of Dadu district, Mehar and Khairpur Nathan Shah through MNV
Drain, which is flowing from the Hamal lake, Qambar District. The capacity
of MNV drain is just carrying 3500 cusec water while presently it is
carrying 15,000-20,000 cusecs water, which may cause more breaching and
inundation of wide areas on its way to reach the Manchhar lake. It is green
belt of Dadu, where paddy is major crop. The growers are facing traumatic
situation due to loss of the entire crops.
Today PFF Thatta:
WATER-2PFF has provided drinking water to 15 thousand affected individuals
at Makli Thatta, while PFF has also provided cooked food to 300 families and
50 families to religious minorities. Team has evacuated more than 20,000
individuals in last four days. Three water tankers of PFF providing water in
to the camps. More than two hundred thousand people are at Makli in Thatta.
Sijawal which is one of the taluka of Thatta is comes under water partially.
7 Mazda's of fisherfolk are providing transportation facilities to affected
people.
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