KHAIRPUR, Oct 1: The irrigation department has announced a water rotation programme for the Khairpur West Feeder and Nara Canal from October 1 to 15 because of water shortage in the River Indus.

Mature crops of cotton, sugarcane and paddy in Kingri, Gambat, Khairpur and Sobhodero talukas will be affected by the water rotation plan for the Khairpur West Feeder. Similarly, water rotation programme for the Nara Canal will have a negative impact on crops in Rohri, Nara, Khipro and some other parts of Tharparkar and Sanghar districts.

Meanwhile, normal water supply to the Khairpur East Feeder (Mirwah Canal) has been suspended since Thursday without any schedule and the canal is flowing only two to three feet of water for the tail-end area of Faiz Ganj.

Only 5,000 cusecs water was released into the Rohri Canal on Thursday against its share of 12,000 cusecs, which will affect crops in all the eight talukas of Khairpur district.

WHEAT THEFT: About 315 maunds of wheat have been stolen from a government farm in Setharja in the Thari Mirwah taluka. It is said that wheat was gradually stolen from the godown of the farm.

The assistant manager of the farm has lodged a case with the Thari Mirwah police against seven peasants of the farm on Thursday. Ghulam Nabi, Ghulam Dastagir, Mohammad Mithal, Ghulam Hussain, Allah Bukhsh, Ghulam Sarwar and Ghulam Ali have been nominated in the FIR. However, no arrest was made till the filing of this report.

BOOKED: The Ahmedpur police have registered a case against 96 Solangi tribesmen on the complaint of Amir Hussain Jagirani, son of Dargahi Jagirani, who was killed in a Jagirani-Solangi tribal clash on Thursday. Pathan, Soof, Mir, Dilo, Shahan, Misri, Nazal Gohar, Amin, Akhtar, Badar, Imran, Hameed and others have been nominated in the case.