DADU: Pakistan Army and civilian administration on Monday saved the 500-KV grid station in Dadu from flood water with an embankment around it.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif took notice of the possible threat to a 500-KV grid station in Dadu from the flood situation, directed for utilization of all resources to protect the power grid.
According to details, Pakistan Army and civilian departments constructed 2.4 kilometers embankment around Dadu grid station.
The embankment saved the station from flooding while no power disruption occurred in Dadu.
Moreover, the irrigation authorities have made three cuts in the Indus Highway as the floodwater discharged from Manchar Lake’s breaches is now heading towards Dadu district’s main city after flooding several towns and hundreds of villages over the last week.
The authorities administered three cuts in the Indus Highway to save Dadu city from flooding after floodwater affected parts of Pir Shahnawaz, Kamal Khan and Yar Mohammad Kalhoro of Dadu taluka.
On Saturday, a ring bund was being reinforced around Dadu bypass to stop water flowing from two ruptures in Bhan Syedabad-Johi bund.
