Hundreds of villages in Punjab have flooded as India released countless waters in the Sutlej River, said sources in the Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) here on Sunday. Okara district's areas--Baseerpur, Mandi Ahmed Abad, Haveli Lakha--and dozens of villages alongside Head Sulemanki were inundated with Indian flood water.
The flood inflicted huge damage to standing crops of paddy and cotton, roads, houses and other infrastructures in these areas that caused numerous problems for the rescuers to shift the people to safer places, sources said.
"Now the flood is heading from Head Sulemanki towards Pakpattan, where thousands of people are being shifted to safe places from 30 villages including Pir Ghani, Jagga Baloch, Hota and Beli Dilawar."
FFD officials said that the flood was to reach Pakpattan on Sunday evening, and predicted floods in districts of Kasur, Bahawalnagar and Vehari. According to FFD report, Sutlej River at Gandasinghwala and Sulemanki are likely to remain in low to medium flood during next 24 hours. However, Kabul River at Nowshera was in medium flood,
while Indus River at Chashma, Taunsa and Guddu, and Ravi River at Balloki was also in low flood. According to hydro meteorological features, a weak westerly wave over northern parts of the country continued to persist and a weak seasonal low lay over Balochistan, while a weak monsoon current was penetrating into Punjab and Kashmir up to 3,000 feet altitude. The weather pattern is likely to cause thunderstorm and rain in isolated places over Punjab and Kashmir.
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