As the case progresses, the court orders that the chief secretaries will be responsible for the implementation of the court orders and they will submit the report for every 15 days.

The Supreme Court ordered yesterday of the Flood Inquiry Commission that has revealed a colossal loss of Rs855 billion to the national economy at the hands of the Irrigation departments of Sindh and Balochistan during the devastating floods of July 2010.

The court has also announced the orders for implementation of the recommendations made by the commission in its report. The bench heard a case about the unauthorised diversion of floodwater and willful breaches in the embankments of barrages and canals by influential people to save their lands during the devastating 2010 floods.

The Flood Inquiry Commission submitted its 200-page final report in the Supreme Court claiming that, the irrigation departments’ corruption caused havoc during the flood 2010.