India spills more water in River Satluj
KASUR: The water level at Gandasingh Headworks is constantly mounting up as India has spilled more water into Pakistani River Satluj.
According to data collected by the Flood Forecasting Division, the current water flow at Gandasingh Headworks is 60,000 cusecs and a low level’s flood exists in the River Satluj but it is expected that the water level will rise further to 80,000 cusecs till the evening.
Owing to the flood in River Satluj, it is feared that the lower areas of Kasur, Okara, Pakpatan, Vihari and Bahawalnagar will be inundated.
Earlier previous week, dozens of villages were flooded and ready crops on hundreds of hectares of land were destroyed by the Indian water spilled in River Satluj.
Copyright NNI (News Network International), 2011
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