The water level is continuously receding in Indus River at the point of Kotri Barrage on Thursday. As per the official sources, the water inflow at Kotri Barrage is 525,696 cusecs upstream, whereas, the water outflow at the barrage is 508,981 cusecs downstream. During the last 24 hours, 49,839 cusecs of water has receded at Kotri Barrage. However, high level flood situation persists at the barrage. On the other hand, diseases are spreading in the flood-hit areas of Sindh. Gastroenteritis has gripped Khairpur, for all the hospitals in the district have been filled with children suffering from gastro. It is to be noted here that as many as 100 children have died of gastroenteritis in 20 days in the flood-hit areas of Sindh. In Khairpur Nathan Shah, the problems of the flood victims have increased as the relief activities could not so far be started in the area.

People, suffering from hunger and thirst, are dying due to the lack of medicines. A person named Muhammad Juman Gaadhi died in suburban village Mir Hassan Gaadhi. And a woman named Sarah, the mother of three children, also lost her life due to hunger and thirst. The locals shifted the bodies to a hospital. It merits a mention here that 15 people have so far lost their lives in Khairpur Nathan Shah, and more than a dozen people are missing. Also, 40 people from Khairpur Nathan Shah are forced to live in a roofless house in Karimabad Colony near Tando Muhammad Khan. The affected people said that everything had been washed away in the flood. “There is no ration to eat. There are no clothes to wear. There is no place to sleep,” they added and appealed for aid.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-INP