In order to minimize the Pakistan floods of nearby cities and lessen the effects of record floods that have damaged a third of the country, the country’s government is attempting to cease a break in its largest lake.
According to statistics, 33 million people have been displaced and at least 1,325, including 466 children, have died as a result of the record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan’s northern mountains.
Jam Khan Shoro, irrigation minister in the southern Sindh province, told news agency Reuters late on Monday that the earlier breach at Manchar had been enlarged to lower the growing water level.
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Authorities are worried that hundreds of thousands of people will have to leave their homes due to flooding brought on by the lake overflowing.
According to district director Murtaza Shah, “there was huge pressure on the dikes of Johi and Mehar towns till yesterday, but people are fighting it out by fortifying the dikes,” adding that 80% to 90% of the residents have already left.
With the assistance of district officials, the remaining residents of the town have been working to fortify the town’s existing dikes, which are barriers used to contain or control water.
After the initial breach of the freshwater lake on Sunday, a resident named Akbar Lashari said over the phone, “After the breach at Manchar, the water has started to flow, earlier it was sort of sluggish.”
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The greatest flood to hit Pakistan in a decade has left roughly 5.7 million people without food or shelter. According to official estimates, the unusually heavy monsoon rains have nearly destroyed $10 billion worth of property.
