Monsoon rains: 300 villages under water

Monsoon rains continued in several parts of the country, causing hundreds of villages to be flooded.

More than 300 villages drowned in the most recent episode of torrential rains in several areas of the country, Express News reported.

A total of 55 billion cusecs of water is expected to cross the Taunsa Barrage on Thursday.

All five drains of the Gujranwala district have faced diluvium. Seventy villages in Bajwat sector, 30 in Wazirabad and 30 villages of Aimanabad have lost local contact due to the recent torrential rains.

An emergency has been declared in Dera Ghazi Khan as a result of the floods.

K-P

All rivers of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have been reported to be experiencing mid-level floods. A warning has been issued by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in Naushera and Charsadda.

Islamabad

The National Highway Authority's (NHA) Central Flood Control Cell has become operational and will work round the clock, a press release stated on Tursday.

The leaves of NHA field staff and personnel related to road maintenance have been cancelled, the report stated.

Several roads were damaged as a result of the recent heavy monsoon rains in the federal capital, and are in need of urgent maintenance by the concerned department of the Capital Development Authority (CDA).

The damaged roads not only pose a serious threat to the vehicles but also the lives of the drivers.

Multan

An official has stated that the increasing water at River Chenab will not affect Multan, though the situation would become clearer on the arrival of the water deluge at Taraimo headworks.



Kasur

Water at River Sutlej was at low flood level as the water discharge at Gandasingwala is 63,300 cusecs, district flood control authorities reported on Thursday.

According to the district administration, measures have been put in place for any emergency situation due to rains in the district.

Rajanpur

The district administration has issued a flood warning to thousands of people living in sensitive areas of the River Indus in Sindh, including Mithhan Kot, Beat Soontra and Mauza Sanzani.

District Coordination Officer, Ghazi Amanullah instructed residents of the areas to vacate immediately as water level in river Sindh was continuously rising due to the recent rains.

Gujranwala

The water level is rising in River Chenab as a deluge of 40 billion cusecs was recorded at Head Khanki that has inundated about 12 villages in Wazirabad.

Some low lying areas of Wazirabad have also come under water as rains continued periodically in the area.

River Chenab at Khanki is likely to attain a high to a very high flood level ranging between 400,000 cusecs to 500,000 cusecs by Thursday evening, Met sources reported.