Indus River: DC, army officers examine embankments

The Deputy Commissioner Fayaz Hussain Abbasi along with the army officers on Monday visited 100km long left bank of Indus River passing from the district Matiari to inspect ongoing work of embankments strengthening in the area specially with reference to cope with any eventuality of fresh flood.
Talking on the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner Matiari said that 80 percent work of embankments strengthening has been completed till yet and directed the officers concerned to complete the remaining 20 percent work within 10 days. Taking the notice of the cuts in the embankments made by the local people for their way to other side, the Deputy Commissioner Matiari directed the irrigation officers to plug all such ways/cuts with immediate effect. He also took notice of the encroachments on the monitoring huts of the irrigation department on the embankments and directed the revenue and officers of District Police Matiari to evacuate all types of encroachments on the embankments and make these motor-able.
Fayaz stated that he is optimistic that the embankments passing from his district has been made strong enough to sustain the pressure of flash flood, if any, in the river. He along with the army officers Colonel Kaleem Kareem, Major Shahid Iqbal, Captain Amir Hayat, SDO Irrigation, Imtiyaz Morai and other officers visited Udero Lal Scape, Jakhri Dhoro, Matiari Loop, Baao Dero Dhoro, Sekhat, Khyber Dhoro, Kalyan, Khanoth Dhoro, Bhanoth Dhoro, Hala Spur, Old Fatehpur, New Fatehpur and Saeed Abad Old to inspect the on-going embankments strengthening work and expressed his satisfaction over the pace and quality of work.
During the visit, Fayaz Abbasi directed the revenue officers to conduct the survey of the population living inside the river and also to envisage relief and rescue plan for these people in case of flash flood in the river. He said that in case of any eventuality of heavy rainfall and flash flood, all arrangements for rescue and relief to these people of affected areas would be made. He also informed that arrangements to drain out rainy water from urban areas have already been made for which required machinery has been made functional.