People of rains and flood hit areas of Sindh who are already in the grip of various difficulties have expressed their serious concern about their safety after Sindh Irrigation Drainage Authority (SIDA) issued flood warning for three districts of the province here on Wednesday. It should be mentioned that SIDA has issued letters to DCOs of red alert warning for Badin, Mirpurkhas and Tharparkar. According to DCO Abbas Baloch, over one million acres of farmland has been destroyed while several feet of floodwater has accumulated in Faiz Ganj, Nara, Umerkot and Kot DG that has triggered several diseases in the affected areas. The flood victims are facing many problems including shortage of food, clean drinking water and medical facilities. On the other hand due to poor hygienic conditions and polluted drinking water diseases like diarrhoea, malaria and gastro were on rise and incidents of snake-biting have also been reported. The people of the rains hit areas districts especially residing in far flung areas have complained that firstly minimum quantity of relief items reach them and the food items sent to these areas in the name of relief are substandard and cause stomach diseases. The low-lying areas of Mirpurkhas are submerged in floodwater, including the railway subway bridge. Power supply has also been suspended in many areas of the city. A number of families have migrated from the flood-hit areas while thousands are still waiting for help. The Army has been summoned to Faiz Ganj. The water level in Indus river is rising, already inundating eight villages. The road connecting Obaro and Kashmore has been cut off to spill excess water. Sindh minister Sassui Palijo has said that the government would provide relief to the people affected by the heavy rains in the district. She was presiding over a meeting of officials concerned in Darbar Hall in DCO office here. The minister expressed annoyance over the poor performance of sanitation department and failure of the drainage system, which caused difficulties to the people. Meanwhile, activists of the Thatta Bachayo Tahreek staged a protest in front of the DCO office when the meeting was in progress. The protesters chanted slogans against loadshedding and worsening civic conditions in Thatta city and other towns of the district. The civic conditions are extremely deplorable in Thatta city following the recent rains. The main Shahi bazaar and almost all major roads are inundated with sewerage mixed rainwater.