Rajanpur District

Rajanpur district is famous for cotton and sugarcane crops, although they are cultivating wheat and rice as well and tobacco to a minimal extent too.

The other major hill torrent areas include D.G.Khan and D.I.Khan, FATA, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

In these areas, the major constraint is the use of flood flow, which is highly variable in quantity and distribution, both in time and space.

In spite of the scarcity of water, the major part of flood flows is lost due to mismanagement.

Abject poverty in the areas affected by the Rod-Kohi water calls for rational and scientific management of flood flows.

In NWFP, D.I.Khan tract represents the major part of the system fed by five large tributaries locally named as "Zams."

In Balochistan, this system falls in the areas of Barkhan, Musakhail, Loralai, Zhob, Bolan, and Lasbella.

Spate Irrigation is a traditionally used system for diverting hill torrents into cultivable command areas for growing seasonal crops.

It usually entails the construction of an earthen diversion weir across the torrent with an extensive channel on one or both sides of the river to convey floodwater across vast distances.

Another aspect of the Spate Irrigation System of Rod-Kohi areas is the occurrence of the perennial water (known as Kalapani), which is available throughout the year in the upper reaches.

It contributes significantly to sustainable farming in the area and used for high-value crops like fodder, fruits, and vegetables.

Hundreds of houses were damaged fully and partially, and inhabitants had to spend time under the open sky.

Table of affected union councils (UCs) with current population and damage caused by the 2015 flood.

There was an urgent need for non-food items (NFIs), including mattresses, mosquito nets, kitchen utensils, fuel for daily cooking, and hygiene kits.

Affected people faced critical conditions and had suffered economically for at least one whole year as their crops were damaged on a large scale.

Mithankot is the shrine of the great Sufi Saraiki poet Khawaja Ghulam Farid.

Major caste living in Fazilpur are Bhutta, Gopang, Bosan, Mastoi, Mohajir (Yusafzai, Sherwani, Lodhi, Qureshi), Mashori, Dreshak, Korai, Thaheem, Bhatti, Zargar(Sunara) and Mughal Pathan.

Basti-Abdullah, named after Maulana Muhammad Abdullah and is also noted for being the resting place of Abdul Rashid Ghazi.