At least eight breaches developed in the Manchhar lake’s embankment near Zero Point of the Main Nara Valley (MNV) drain on Thursday, inundating 75 villages, the runway and portions of the Shahbaz Airport’s building in Sehwan and major parts of Bubak town. Bubak and Dal areas of Sehwan Sharif and Johi talukas were the worst affected by waters gushing from the breaches. The waters breached an eight-foot high embankment around the airport. The Sehwan Sharif-Bhan Syedabad Indus Highway was inundated and the main station of the Pak Arab Refinery (Parco) in Bubak town was under threat. The water level in Manchhar lake rose to 121.6RL (reduced level) on Thursday morning. The water pressure caused breaches at six places in the lake’s embankment between Zero Point of the MNV drain and 100RD (reduced distance) of Manchhar. The breaches widened from about 50 feet each to 200 feet by the evening. Two more breaches of 100 feet developed in the evening between RD99 and RD100. About 100,000 cusecs of water was flowing through the breaches towards populated areas of Dal and Bubak union councils. In addition to local people, irrigation officials also fled from the embankment and moved their machines to Sehwan Sharif. The high flow of water was also eroding the embankment and several other places. A large number of people were marooned in the flooded villages, including Safi Thalho, Haji Rajib Jamali, Shir Mohammad, Haji Ali Murad Jamali, Ali Hassan Shahni, Meer Mohammad, Seeharo, Theaba, Kando, Bozdar, Nangar Khan Birohi, Sono Khan Rodhnani, Koor Ji Miani and Sobho Khan Lund.
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