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NAWABSHAH August 14: The super flood has started flowing into District Shaheed Benazirabad and score of villages situated in the bed of river Indus have submerged under flood water.

Approximately 70 percent of area inside protective embankments has come under water. According to officials of Irrigation department, 7,30,000 Cusecs was crossing the district limits.
On the other hand large number of people residing inside the embankments area were still reluctant to vacate their villages and shift to relief camps setup by district administration.
However small number of villagers along with their families, household items and animal heads shifted to pucca area when water submerged their villages while others have shifted to relief camps set up at Majeed Keerio, Nawab Wali Muhammad, Bachal Pur and village Marri Jalbani. Engineer Dad Division Abdul Aziz Junejo and Abdul Wahab Soho established camp and their staff is monitoring the flood situation round the clock.
Heavy machinery including Bulldozers, Excavators, tractors trolleys and heavy quantity of stone have been shifted to the site of Mud Mangli to meet any emergency.
Pressure is also increasing at Mekaro Bund but according to irrigation officials it is still safe. PPP MPA Sardar Jam Tamachi Unar, Jam Aftab Khan Unar Former MPA Rais Sher Muhammad Unar have appealed to the people residing inside the embankment areas to shift to safer places.

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