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Update: River Satluj flood warning, suburbs around Mureed-K & Kasur (Central Punjab) are being evacuated now.
Any updates on Ravi :(
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Really sad, thatta district is one of the best places in Pakistan :(
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GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
FLOOD FORECASTING DIVISION
S.No. 57
Dated: 26th August, 2010
Time: 1600 PST
Advisory:
Flood Alert for Sutlej Ravi and Chenab Rivers
Sutlej River
According to Indus Water Treaty, India shall inform Pakistan when the release of water from Ferozepur down stream increases to 50,000 Cusecs or more. India has not yet informed Pakistan regarding the release of such quantity of water from Ferozepur. The slight rise in water at Ganda Singh Wala is only due to rains in the lower catchments of Sutlej below Bhakra dam. As such the water in Sutlej is likely to remain around 50,000 Cusecs in next 2-days.
River Ravi
The rains in the area below Madhopur headworks and in the Catchment of Nullahs of River Ravi (Deg, Bein, Kethar, Ujh, Basanter) have caused a slight increase in the inflow at Jassar and Shahdara. However, the situation is not dangerous. According to Indus Treaty, India shall inform Pakistan when they release the water from Madhopur headworks more than 30,000 Cusecs and they have not yet informed. Therefore it is presumed that the flow in River Ravi shall remain below low flood level i.e. 40,000 Cusecs.
River Chenab
The prevailing metrological conditions suggest that the chances of heavy rains in the Catchments of river Chenab are minimum during next 2-days. Therefore there is no imminent danger of any flood in river Chenab. However some rain may cause slightly increased flow in river Chenab, which may not be taken as dangerous situation. The flow shall remain at low flood level (around 1,00,000 Cusecs) during next 2 to 3 days.
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I wonder if Thatta district is under flood threat, how safe is Karachi now?
Dont know but i think Karachi should be safe.
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The title currently says "ThatHa Being Evacuated". I had to check where "ThatHa" was located but couldn't quite find it. It seems it is "Thatta" that is actually being evacuated. In any case, it must no doubt be a traumatic experience for a person to leave behind his/her home and limited possessions because of the flood. I hope these people are at least well care of after they have been evacuated.
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@Goodname, ya its Thatta
Man, if there hadn't been so much corruption here and money allocated for preventive measures hadn't been misspent, the floods wouldn't be a problem right now...
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nice link MR/MS amarbail
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well ya so we should keep feeding all the snakes do nothing about it
JIS Quom ka President Zardari ho aur public ITNE bay his aur khudgharz ho us ka yahe anjaam hona tha ab aa pdaikhna KHI ka kia haal ho ga .
ye racism ka dhuwan kaheen aur jaa ke chhorna, "biggest blunder" wali video dekhi ke nahin?
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^ what racism ..
If you want me to say ya every thing is fine we are great nation with even better leader ,, well dream ONN .
to be honest they are all the same may be Altaf is a bit more Flipped then rest of them but understand THIS , unless we change we will only we found in the History books (Allah na Karay )
If I hurt your feeling by calling Zardari a THIEF then
Pakistan Ka Allah HAfiz
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^ what racism .. : : If I hurt your feeling by calling Zardari a THIEF then Pakistan Ka Allah HAfiz
I call Zardari thief probably more number of times than you, but I also call Altaf Hussein mafia chief that you don't. Your racism was reflected in "ab dekhna KHI ka kia haal ho ga" as if rest of the country is enjoying honey and milk rivers. Dude the whole country is devastated and you want KHI to stay un-affected (directly or indirectly)?? Look at YOUR own words:
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aur public ITNE bay his aur khudgharz ho
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look at double standards you just displayed right here.
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yes I want karachi not to get effected but not when rest of the country is in Pain ,,
UNDERSTAND THIS ...
the only reason why I support MQM is when people support any other party and Blame MQM . I know the real Face but Mr Zoordari , Sharif , ANP etc etc are all same , why PIN PONTING a party when they all CHOOR ????
and the reason why I made my statement about Karachi IS because When 2million Muhajir from interior sindh will be a disaster and we all know it yar..
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la hawla wala quwwata illa billah
even in Ramadan some people can’t stop judging..
uncle jee, did you copyright the Quran that no one or like (me) can’t quote it?
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guys any up dates on Thatta evacuation ??
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Evacuation continues, water is thought to enter the city by evening.
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yes I want karachi not to get effected but not when rest of the country is in Pain ,, UNDERSTAND THIS ...
the only reason why I support MQM is when people support any other party and Blame MQM . I know the real Face but Mr Zoordari , Sharif , ANP etc etc are all same , why PIN PONTING a party when they all CHOOR ????
and the reason why I made my statement about Karachi IS because When 2million Muhajir from interior sindh will be a disaster and we all know it yar..
Sorry can't understand much of your post probably my English is poor, anyway I don't pinpoint to MQM alone, I call all parties with titles they deserve, most of them are corrupt/dacoos.
la hawla wala quwwata illa billah
even in Ramadan some people can't stop judging..
uncle jee, did you copyright the Quran that no one or like (me) can't quote it?
dekhtay hayn Ramzani imaan kab tak zinda rehta hay. BTW you shouldn't be posting a verse not related to subject.
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its better do wadhu pay some nafals and remember all suffered Pakistanies in your prayers
rather then bashing each others, guys!
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THATTA: Breaches occurred suddenly in two embankments at Thursday midnight, one near Faqir Jo Goth
and the other at Chhatto Chand, about four kilometres from Thatta town.
Floodwaters started moving towards the town, triggering panic and forcing people to shift to safety.
The administration has ordered evacuation of Sujawal, Mirpur Bathoro, Shah Bandar and Jati talukas of the district of Thatta after the raging Indus breached an embankment late Wednesday night.
The 20-foot breach in the Mulchand-Surjani dyke widened to 190 feet on Thursday morning, inundating Kot Almo, a small town of 10,000 people, and about 56 villages along the left bank of the Indus.
Floodwaters have also entered the town of Darro on the left bank of the Indus.
(“The situation in Thatta is very serious,” relief commissioner for Sindh Riaz Ahmed Soomro told Reuters. “We have dispatched army personnel, helicopters and boats to the area. The first priority is to evacuate the people.”
Saleh Farooqi, director general of the National Disaster Management Agency’s Sindh office, said: “If a second levee breaks, more towns will be inundated.”)
The army and district administration said the situation worsened after the irrigation authorities made a cut in the Loop bund to divert water to the nearby Pinyari canal. Within no time the bund developed six breaches at the site.
After hearing about the breach in the MS dyke early in the morning, a large number of people converged on bus stops and other places to move to safety.
Hundreds of vehicles, bullock and donkey carts, camels and bikes were seen leaving the area. People complained about shortage of buses and high fares.
About 70 per cent of the residents of Sujawal, Mirpur Bathoro, Shah Bandar and Jati have left their homes and are moving to Thatta, Hyderabad, Badin and Karachi.
They faced a serious problem when a long vehicle developed a fault and blocked the narrow passage on the Doolah Darya Khan bridge, the only land access to Thatta. Hundreds of vehicles were stranded on both sides of the bridge for over six hours.
Another breach occurred in a protective bund in Shah Luko, near Chhatto Chand.
However, the water has been diverted to the KB Feeder lower — a second line of defence on the right bank of the Indus.
PPP MPA Humera Alwani said that Karachi Corps Commander Shahid Amir and Brigadier Mehmood Sadiq had informed her that Pakistan Steel Mills and the army had provided 400 vehicles to transport over 500,000 people of Sujawal subdivision to safe areas.
The vehicles started arriving in Thatta on Thursday night. Army officers said that troops would carry out rescue and relief work and maintain law and order in the area. Army engineers have been assigned the task to plug the MS dyke breach which is facing a flow of 20,000 cusecs.
The army officers said the discharge would increase to 100,000 cusecs in 24 hours if the breach was not plugged.
Ms Alwani said the army believed that the rupture had been caused by the oceanic resistance to the Indus water with the high tide rising to 25 feet. She said the next seven days would be critical.
PPP MPA Sadiq Ali Memon and district president Arbab Wazir Memon and PML-Q MNA Ayaz Ali Shah Shirazi told Dawn that another high flood of 945,000 cusecs would reach Kotri downstream on Friday and could cause further damage.
They held the irrigation department responsible for the Kot Almo breach because there had been no maintenance and repair of the MS bund.
Sindh’s Culture Minister Sassui Palijo said the provincial government had sought 10 helicopters to evacuate stranded people.
Hundreds of families were seen sitting under trees in Thatta and Makli, desperately waiting for food and shelter.
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Sad. :(