Canal and its location | Description and Damages | Year | Source |
Rohri Canal At RD 723-724 | Widened up to 200 ft with flow around 5000 cusec from breach point. Caused displacement of 40,000 people, more than 25 villages were completely flooded and thousands of acres of cotton crops were destroyed. Flow in canal was around 13000 cusec before breach. | May 2012 | The Express Tribune (2012) [14] |
Rohri Canal Near Kumb Daron | People from 40 villages were displaced, 400 houses destroyed. Thousands of acres of crops were damaged. | September 2007 | Rajput (2012)[15] |
Rohri Canal RD 752 | 50 villages were submerged under water and crops were destroyed. | July 2008 | Rajput (2012) [15] |
Rohri Canal Near Kesana mori | Failure occurred during peak demand season and there was already water shortage. Huge quantity of water wasted followed by damages to many villages and crops. | 2007 | Rajput (2012) [15] |
Rohri Canal RD 839 | Caused 2 months of emergency in the vicinity and Tando Adam city was submerged in water. | 1990 | Rajput (2012) [15] |
Mir Wah Canal | A 100 ft breach in Mirwah canal. It destroyed 20 houses along with damages to date palm orchards and flooding 500 acres of agricultural land. Figure 2 | June 2011 | Dawn (2011) [11] |
Mir Wah Canal RD240 | 100 ft breach was reported. Thousands of acres of land were inundated with water causing sever damages to crops of sugarcane, jute and cotton. 400 houses nearby were flooded and 100 mud houses were damaged. | July 2010 | The Express Tribune (2010) [16] |
Jamrao Canal RD 164-165 | Crops of rice and cotton standing on 400 acres of land were washed away. More than 1000 families of 10 villages were affected by the breach | July 2012 | The News (2012) [17] |
Jamrao Canal | The gushing water from 300 ft wide breach in Jamrao canal not only inundated agricultural land but also caused damage to wildlife sanctuary washing away jackals, rabbits and perished the eggs of crocodiles. | May 2011 | Business Recorder (2011) [18] |
Nusrat Canal | Similarly a breach in Nusrat canal was recorded by Sama TV on 22 September 2010 which caused around 200 acres of flood damaging crops. | September 2010 | Saama TV (2010) [19] |
Twin jamrao Canal Mile 33 | July 2012 | Rajput (2012) [15] |