A general view of a flooded street after a heavy downpour in Lahore August 14, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS
Director General National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) warned the villages near the the River Chenab of possible flooding and asked them to vacate, Radio Pakistan reported on Wednesday.
In his statement in Lahore, DG NDMA said that directives have been issued to the respective administrations to shift the people of Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin, Sargodha, Chiniot, Jhang and Sumandari to move to a safe place.
Flood is expected in the river Chenab Wednesday night and the warning has also been extended to people living close to the motorway.
Flood warning cell, Peshawar
An official of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said that according to the flood warning cell in Peshawar, flood measuring up to 84928 cusecs has been generated in the River Swat, following torrential rain in Malakand Division.
The concerned district administrations have been warned of possible flooding in Nowshera, Charsadda road and villages near M-1 Motorway.
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What will happen if all the water from our Rivers will gone,what will you do?? Only thing is you will Pray,
This is a historic picture of Paris !!!
Dams don't solve floods............Flood is caused due to de forestation and erosion.........
@Travel_Tart: @PRO PAK: Yeah right! Like Kalabagh Dam will prevent flooding in Lahore and Swat.
@ET - WebDesk !! is this picture of Nisbet Road? ( which once upon a time have had best Cinemas) if so, then I spent my childhood, behind where the phone advertisement hanging. In either case, this was once my city. Girls and boys @ET, Khuda bless you.
@Travel_Tart: "More dams or drown!" We do have money to build dams. So ask our Khalifa Zahid Hamid BrassTrack Limited to comment on drowning.
We wont be building any dams and will keep on playing politics on dams to fulfill our needs. In rainy season we will keep suffering, and later in the remaining year we will be crying that we dont have enough water.
Because appearing as flood victims gives us the chance to beg from the rest of the world, same goes for speaking against each dam bcoz it fills the pockets of many indeed.
More dams or drown! Option is yours.........
......and two months from now we will be saying we have no water for our crops, but refuse to build dams to store and manage the water we already have. Then we add insult to injury by blaming others for our stupidity.
Please dont make more dams we have enough water!!!! Now suffer the floods..