BAHAWALPUR (HRNW) – Strong water currents of Sutlej River breached many protective dykes in Bahawalpur and adjacent areas inundating a number of villages sending a panic wave among residents of the localities.
At Empress bridge water flow was 130,000 cusecs which flooded Weaslan, Sahlan and Lal De Goth settlements. However, the administration had moved the residents along with their livestock to safer place well before time. But standing crops over a vast area were flooded.
Flood level fell to medium at Islam Headworks and Ganda Singh Wala in Sutlej River.
Meanwhile, a statement issued by the PDMA said the authority was closely monitoring the situation and relief measures were under way in the affected districts.
The PDMA spokesperson said 970 people were rescued in Bahawalnagar, Kasur, Okara, Pakpattan, Lodhran, Vihari and Bahawalpur from August 23 to 26;
32,000 people benefited from medical camps established in these districts; 175 relief camps were set up in the affected areas; and rations were distributedamong 300 flood-affected families.
The spokesperson said 21,000 cattle were moved to safe places from affected areas. Till Sunday, 480 villages remained affected by the flood situation in Punjab, he added.