Manchhar lake breach widens

ISLAMABAD: The breach in the protective embankment of the Manchhar Lake widened to more than 3700-foot on Thursday owing to erosion triggered by massive water pressure, a private TV channel reported. The lake has been receiving over 10,000 cusecs of water from the FP embankment. According to the Irrigation Department, the lake level has been rising by an inch per day. Cuts in safety dykes at the Ural Head, Ural Til, Danstar Wah and Larkana-Sehwan were letting out water into the Indus River. Also, the number of houses collapsed in Sehwan city as result of mammoth floodwater pressure reached 1,400. Hundreds of people marooned in flooded villages could not be relocated, as no relief camps have been set-up in Bhan Saeedabad. However, the Pakistan Army and navy have been busy with efforts to move the marooned people to safety.