Pakistan to breach main highway to protect town of Dadu from floods

A member of the Pakistan Army discharge an old flood victim from a boat, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in village Arazi, in Sehwan, Pakistan September 11, 2022. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput

DADU, Pakistan (Reuters) - Authorities in southern Pakistan plan to breach the country's Indus Highway, a key transport link, to allow water to flow and prevent flooding in the town of Dadu, officials said on Sunday.

Floods from a record monsoon and glacial melt in the north of Pakistan have hit 33 million people and killed at least 1,391, washing away homes, roads, railways, livestock and crops.