—— Flood situation arose in Sutlej after India released more water into the river
—— Flooding breaks protective dykes, drowns villages in Punjab
—— Education department announces closure of schools in surrounding areas
DM Monitoring
BAHAWALPUR: Over 76,000 people have been evacuated from the riverside areas of Bahawalpur as a safety measure following the directives and forecast issued by the Flood Forecast Division, as River Sutlej witnesses deluge.
The flood situation arose in Sutlej after India released more water into the river. A report issued by the Flood Forecast Division on Monday stated that Sutlej received a high-level flood at Ganda Singh Wala and Sulemanki Headworks.
As per the report, the inflow and outflow of water at the Ganda Singh Wala was 174,062 cusecs, while at the Sulemanki Headworks, it was 146,271 cusecs. Meanwhile, the water level in Tarbela Dam is 1,559.10 feet and 1,242 feet in the Mangla Dam. Meanwhile, the education department has announced the closure of schools in the areas surrounding Sutlej. Flood relief camps will be set up in the schools to facilitate the evacuees.
Earlier, Bahawalpur Commissioner Ehtesham Anwar said that the divisional management was engaged round the clock to evacuate people to safer areas from the areas lying near the banks of the Sutlej River.
“There is medium to high flood in Sutlej River and we have been continuing efforts to evacuate people to safe areas from the villages lying near banks of Sutlej River passing through Bahawalnagar and Bahawalpur districts and other areas,” he said on Sunday. He said the government had also been providing facilities to people to evacuate their cattle to safe areas in view of the flood situation.
Meanwhile, official sources said that rescue and relief camps had been set up in areas lying near the banks of the Sutlej River so that emergency aid could be extended to people if they were affected by a flood-like situation.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Army is continuing extensive relief activities in the areas recently affected by the floods.
The areas hit by the flood include Ganda Singh Wala, Dhap Sari, Attari, Ghati Kalanger, Ullake, Jumma Wala, Kamalpura, Bakarke, and Najabat. The military’s rescue teams are involved in shifting the people to safer places by using boats.
Furthermore, sixteen tons of free ration have been distributed amongst the affected families. These relief packages include essential food items such as flour, pulses, rice, ghee, and milk. The distribution of ration has been ongoing in areas like Talwaar Pul, Thatti Bakhsi, and Najabat. Arrangements have been made to provide essential medical aid to the flood victims. Moreover, Large-scale rescue and evacuation efforts on Monday continued in the recent flood-affected areas in parts of Punjab, following the high-level floods in the Sutlej River at two points.
According to the details, large-scale relief activities by Pakistan Army are underway in the recent flood-affected areas of Punjab including, Ganda Singhwala, Dhap Sri, Attari, Ghati Kalingar, Aulake, Jamiwala, Kamalpura, Bakarke and Najabat.
Pakistan Army rescue teams engaged in the rescue and transfer activities with the help of boats, while 16 tons of free of cost ration was also distributed to thousand of affected families by the army rescue teams.
Ration packs containing essential food items including flour, lentils, rice, ghee and milk, the distribution is still in process at several locations including Talwarpul, Thathti Bakshi and Najabat.
The rescue teams also arranged the necessary medical assistance for the flood victims. Moreover, the relief operations will continue until the flood situation improves and normal life is restored.
