DERA MURAD JAMALI: Over a dozen villages and crops standing over hundreds of acres of land were flooded after a 200foot breach occurred in the Pat Feeder canal on Tuesday.

According to reports, the canal bank developed breach at the junction of Dera Allahyar and Dera Bugti districts, forcing people to rush to safe places.

`Hundreds of people, including women and children, have shifted to safe places, leaving behind their belongings and cattle in their inundated houses,` Rab Nawaz, an affected villager said.

Officials of the district administration and Irrigation Department have reached the place of the breach with heavy machinery and labourers and started plug-ging the breach.

Meanwhile, monsoon rains are playing havoc in different areas of Nasirabad division as all seasonal nullahs are carrying heavy floodwater. A large number of lowlying areas have come under water.

The administration of the affected districts of Nasirabad division has declared emergency after heavy rains and flood in seasonal nullahs of Bala Nari area of Kuchhi district.

People of Tambo area of Nasirabad district have been asked to shift to safe places as floodwater coming from Bala Nari area has entered several villages and roads have been submerged.

Executive Engineer, Irrigation Department, Nasirabad, Riaz Baloch, said that heavy machinery and labourers were working in the affected areas to stop floodwater from entering villages.