The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a high flood alert for the Ravi River after India released additional water to the tributary.
A devastating Monzón season marked by record rain, melting of glaciers and generalized floods have exposed the extreme vulnerability of Pakistan to climate change. The “high flood” warnings this week have put Punjab on a maximum alert and caused mass evacuations in several places.
In a high flood alert published at 5:40 pm, the NDMA said: “Heavy rains are expected in the upper regions of Ravi during the next 48 hours. The Indian dam is full of 97 percent, and its vertiginos versions
The NDMA warned citizens to stay away from rivers, drains and low areas, along with avoiding unnecessary trips.
He also issued instructions to emergency agencies and services to remain on a maximum alert.
A declaration of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority of Punjab (PDMA) said that India had opened all the doors of the Dam on the Ravi River and 210,000 Cusecs of Water entered Pakistan from Kot Ninan.
“In the next 24 hours, the flow of water in Kot Ninean will increase even more. In the next 48 hours, the very high flood level will pass through Jasar Shahdara and the Baloki chief,” he said, and added that the Lahore commissioner and the attached commissioners of other districts had been alerted.
The PDMA spokesman said that the water level in the Ravi River increased continuously, and added that there was a high level of flooding in Jasar with 142,000 cusecs of water continuously and a low level of flooding in Shahdara to 56,000 water cusecs.
The spokesman said that the PDMA had instructed the administration of the districts adjacent to the Ravi River to take emergency measures and instructions were issued for the immediate evacuation of citizens in the river basin.
Meanwhile, an update of the signer of the Kasur Ghulam Mustafa division at 8 pm, said there was a “very high flood” on the Sutlej River with the flow of 208,973 Cusecs and ascending.
Early today, administered by the State Application He informed that until now almost 150,000 people have been transferred to safer areas of flood -prone regions, adding that he continued early warnings and alerts issued by NDMA with respect to the increase in water levels and potential floods.
The PDMA began “large -scale evacuation operations” in vulnerable places after the Sutlej river swelling, according to the report.
“Emergency response equipment was deployed, and all interested departments were put on maximum alert to safeguard public life and property,” he added.
The data provided by the NDMA showed that the evacuations included 89,868 residents of Bahawalnagar, 14,140 of Kasur, 2,063 of Okara, 873 of Pakpattan, 361 of Bahawalpur and 165 of Vehari, according to Vehari, according to the Application.
In addition, he said that around 40,000 people had moved to safer places shortly after the initial alerts.
A day earlier, Punjab Prime Minister Maryam Nawaz issued orders to evacuate people who live in areas around rivers and low regions, while the Ministry of Climate Change predicted heavy rains in Gujranwala, Gujrat and Lahore divisions “with a high risk of river and urban floods.”
A Punjab PDMA alert reported Monday “high flood level” on the Sutlej River at 10 am, urging district administrations through Punjab to maintain a “high level of preparation and mitigation of the disaster.”
The Department of Meteorology of Pakistan (PMD) also issued a flood warning for the Chenab River and the Ravi River yesterday, stating that the intensity of the rain over the Eastern rivers was “probably increased significantly.”
In the light of an flood alert by India, more than 24,000 people had been relocated to the low areas of the Indo, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers since Saturday, according to rescue spokesman 1122 Farooq Ahmad.
