<P> In July 2010, following abnormally heavy monsoon rains, the Indus River rose above its banks and started flooding . The rain continued for the next two months, devastating large areas of Pakistan . In Sindh, the Indus burst its banks near Sukkur on 8 August, submerging the village of Mor Khan Jatoi . In early August, the heaviest flooding moved southward along the Indus River from severely affected northern regions toward western Punjab, where at least 1,400,000 acres (570,000 ha) of cropland was destroyed, and the southern province of Sindh . As of September 2010, over two thousand people had died and over a million homes had been destroyed since the flooding began . </P> <P> The 2011 Sindh floods began during the Pakistani monsoon season in mid-August 2011, resulting from heavy monsoon rains in Sindh, eastern Balochistan, and southern Punjab . The floods caused considerable damage; an estimated 434 civilians were killed, with 5.3 million people and 1,524,773 homes affected . Sindh is a fertile region and often called the "breadbasket" of the country; the damage and toll of the floods on the local agrarian economy was said to be extensive . At least 1.7 million acres (690,000 ha; 2,700 sq mi) of arable land were inundated . The flooding followed the previous year's floods, which devastated a large part of the country . Unprecedented torrential monsoon rains caused severe flooding in 16 districts of Sindh . </P> <P> In Pakistan currently there are three barrages on the Indus: Guddu barrage, Sukkur Barrage, and Kotri barrage (also called Ghulam Muhammad barrage). There are some bridges on river Indus, such as, Dadu Moro Bridge, Larkana Khairpur Indus River Bridge, Thatta - Sujawal bridge, Jhirk - Mula Katiar bridge and recently planned Kandhkot - Ghotki bridge . </P> <P> Kala Bagh Barrage, Chasma Barrage, and Taunsa Barrage are also built in Punjab on the Indus . </P>

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