Villages flooded near Bahawalpur as embankment breaks

LAHORE: An embankment on River Sutlej broke on Monday due to high water pressure, flooding villages near Bahawalpur.

Express has reported that the flood relay has entered dozens of settlements, submerging hundreds of acres of crops and suspending travelling routes.

According to reports, River Sutlej has a medium-level flood. Local authorities have issued a red alert for the vicinity whereas residents have been evacuated.



Earlier, India opened waterways without informing the Pakistani authorities.

In 2015 when India last released water into the river at 55,000 cusecs, 238 lives were lost.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) warned that increasing water levels in Sutlej River would cause a serious flood-like situation.