Relief Commissioner Sindh has declared 17 districts of Sindh as calamity-hit under section 3 of Sindh National Calamities (Prevention & Relief) Act 1958 on account of unprecedented floods, breaches in protective bunds and canals and heavy rains.
In a notification, issued here on Saturday, the districts of Ghotki, Sukkur, Khairpur, Nausheroferoze, Shaheed Benazirabad, Jecobabad, Kashmore, Kandkot, Larkana, Shikarpur, Kamber Shahdadkot, Dadu, Jamshoro, Matiari, Tando Muhammad Khan, Hyderabad, Thatta and Badin have been declared calamity hit districts. The people of these districts have suffered heavy losses including losses of human lives, losses of animals, demolition of houses and destruction of Kharif Crop.