MULTAN: Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab has stated that there is moderate level flood at Ganda Singh, Head Sulemanki and Head Islam in Sutlej River.
In a statement, the Spokesperson of the authority said water level is decreasing at Ganda Singh Wala with the inflow and outflow is 108000 cusecs.
He said inflow of water at Head Sulemanki is 98,878 cusecs and the outflow is 85,014 cusecs while inflow and outflow at Head Islam is 82,916 cusecs. He said relief activities continue in flood-affected areas.
Meanwhile, flood in the Sutlej river has breached the dyke protective embankment of Jalalpur, inundating hundreds of acres of land and triggering evacuations of the affected people and their livestock.
According to the rescue officials, people trapped in the Sutlej river are being transported by 14 boats.The flash flood wreaked havoc in the riverine belt of Ahmedpur Sharqia, destroying standing crops on thousands of acres of land. Similarly, dozens of establishments were also inundated in Bahawalnagar.
Monsoon rains are likely to continue till Sep 4 and heavy rains are expected in the upper parts of all major rivers.
Relief goods distributed among flood-affected people
Punjab govt distributes relief goods among flood-affected people surviving in tehsil Alipur here, Tuesday.
The relief goods included a large number of tents and mats. The flood aid offered to the people was displaced due to the sharp erosion of the Satluj River.
According to the focal person of the aid distribution Tehsildar Muhammad Iqbal Abbasi, relief goods were given away among the affectees on the direction of the local Deputy Commissioner (DC) on a merit basis.
Iqbal Abbasi said that crops spreading on vast areas of the field were destroyed due to the inundation of the villages of Dada, Nalka Ada, and Basti Naqli same with the erosion of the Sutlej River. Dozens of the houses were swapped away by the rapid river flow, he added.
The Tehsildar said residents of about 50 houses situated at Moza Kundrala became homeless as per a survey of the Revenue Department. He said medicine, food, and fooder of cattle were also provided to flood victims.
