On Wednesday, the water level in the Manchhar Lake, one of Pakistan’s biggest freshwater reservoirs, began to decrease somewhat while work is ongoing to keep Sehwan and Bhan Syedabad from further flooding.
Authorities were forced to breach the protective dykes and other buildings along Manchhar Lake’s channels in an effort to redirect the flow of water towards less populous areas and prevent flooding in highly inhabited areas. Manchhar Lake has been the main source of the threat.
Sher Mohammad Mallah, an official in charge of the lake’s irrigation cell, said: “that because the water was now flowing directly into the River Indus through the Larkana-Sehwan (LS) bund instead of the lake’s full capacity level of 122.8 feet RL, the water level had dropped to 122.2 feet from 122.5 feet”.
According to Mallah, the water level at the Dadu-Moro bridge has also seen a minor decrease.
Separately, Mahesh Kumar, an irrigation engineer, told Dawn.com that the water level in the Indus Canal at Bhan Syedabad and the adjacent districts had dropped by one foot. He did mention that in Mehar’s ring bund, 10-foot-deep water was still standing still.
The condition at the Dadu ring bund was deteriorating, according to MNA Sardar Sikandar Ali Rahoupoto, because of the strong winds and seas, it left in its path on Tuesday night. However, by Wednesday morning, things were back to usual.
