Fresh flood submerges Jaffarabad

After a wide breach in Tori embankment along Indus River and breaches at three points in Begari canal has caused entrance of fresh flood of 80,000 cusecs into district Jaffarabad, inundating it by 10 to 12 feet. On Thursday, hundreds of thousands of people were reported stranded in Rojhan Jamali, Suhbatpur and Usta Muhammad.
The fresh flood of about 80,000 cusecs inundated Suhbatpur after submerging Hairdin, Manjhipur, Mew Khan and Daulatpur by many feet. Floodwater has besieged Usta Muhammad from three sides while outskirts of the town had already been under water. 132KV grid station of Suhbatpur is also underwater.
According to Chief Secretary Balochistan Mir Ahmed Bukhsh Lehri, the flash floods had completely washed away 2584 villages in Balochistan. He point out that presently millions of the flood affected people immediately need clean drinking water bottles, cooked food, medicines, tents, venom vaccine and domestic pots for cooking food. Minister of Prosecution, Rahila Durrani who distributed cooked food amongst flood victims taken shelter on Mecongi Road and Killi Ismael Quetta told journalists that over 200,000 flood survivors had reached Quetta and they had been facing shortage of cooked food and drinking water.
Dr Uwais at Medical Camp set up on Jan Muhammad Road Quetta told newsmen that many of the flood victims were suffering from cholera, gastroenteritis and skin diseases. He appealed to philanthropists to provide medicines at medical camps set up for the flood victims as fear of deaths of many such patients was emerged due to acute shortage of medicines. In Suhbatpur, three minor girls identified as Khaidja, Faryal and Sania died of cholera while 11 children died of gastroenteritis in Dera Murad Jamali, Sibi, Pashin and Awaran who had been identified as Asghar, Naik Muhammad, Zahoor Ahmed, Qurban, Khadija, Waheed Ahmed and others.
Gangs of thieves have been reported continued looting evacuated houses and shops of flood victims in Dera Allahyar, Suhbatpur, Usta Muhammad, Rojhan Jamali and other areas. Thousands of flood survivors were forced living under open sky along roads in very hot weather, while epidemics broke out and hundreds of the affected people were suffering from cholera, gastroenteritis and skin diseases.