Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday said rescue efforts are underway after a flood “unprecedented in 35 years” was reported in the Sutlej River, Dawn reported.
The evacuations continued from Lalika, Chavika, Wazirka, Kot Makhdoom, Bonga Ehsan, Kaku Bodla, Pir Sikandar, Kalia Shah, Jodhika, and other nearby areas on Saturday in view of recent warnings issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Provincial Disaster Management
A swollen Sutlej, and floods in the nearby villages have caused panic among the villagers near Nangal. The administrative teams as well as political leaders are making a beeline to these villages.
Thousands of volunteers diligently repaired the breached Gatta Mundi Kasu bundh on the Sutlej river in Jalandhar for 18 days in an amazing show of solidarity and fortitude, KhalsaVox reported.
Hundreds of villages in various areas of Pakistan’s Punjab have submerged under water due to low to medium floods in the Ravi, Sutlej, and Indus rivers, Dawn reported.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday instructed authorities to make foolproof arrangements for handling a flood-like situation in the Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej rivers, Dawn reported.
Border Security Force jawans on Saturday recovered two plastic bottles containing heroin floating on the Sutlej river near the bordering villages in Firozpur, Punjab, said an official statement.
In order to amicably resolve the issue of the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, a meeting of both Haryana and Punjab Chief Ministers was held under the chairmanship of Union Water Resources Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday at Shram Shakti Bhawan in the national capital.
The NHRC is believed to issue the notice to the Punjab government over the reported lack of proper access to the education facilities for children in the Sutlej surrounding border areas of the Ferozpur district.