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HYDERABAD: Flood water has forced its way into the outskirts of Shahdadkot amid efforts to save the city from inundation while Kotri Barrage is in very high flood, Geo News reported Sunday.

Raju Nizamani area of Thatta has also been submerged while floodwater is pushing hard against many embankments of River Indus besides those in Larkana, Khairpur, Dadu.

High tide in River Indus resulted in flooding of dozens of villages near Amri, Khanot and Badapur including a railway track along these areas, keeping the train service between Karachi and Quetta suspended.

Fear has spread in surrounding localities due to seepages developed in dykes at Baodero, Jakhri, Sekhat and Galyan near Matiari.

Floodwater, after ravaging thousands of acres of land in Jhark area, has now entered Raju Nizamani.

Although, most of the residents of the areas at risk of flooding have already relocated to safer places, hundreds of people remain stranded there.

Meantime, repair work is fast in progress on emergency basis on protective embankments in Shahdadkot, where administration in District Dadu’s tehsil KN Shah and Juhi has issued warning.

Also, the floodwater sustained pressure at Dadu-Moro bridge.

Kotri Barrge is witnessing flooding of high degree, as over 40 villages in Ameri and Khanot have been submerged by the flooding in River Indus, leaving the residents marooned.

The train service between Karachi and Quetta is hitherto suspended as the railways track have sunk under water near Ameri, Khanot and Badapur areas of Jamshoro.

River Indus bunds near Nawabshah including Mud Mangli, Mekaro Dhoro, Bachalpur, Lakhat and Daulatpur are persistently under mounting water pressure.

The seepage from embankment of Chhandan Canal—a tributary of River Indus near Mkaro Dhoro—triggered panic among the residents, who have started evacuation in view of imminent flooding as a result of breach in the river.