• Panjnad Flood Wave Recedes by 200,000 Cusecs in 24 Hours
• Whole Union Council of 40,000 Submerged in Alipur tehsil
• 4,447 Mouzas Throughout 28 Districts Affected; Reduction and Rehabilitation Underway
Lahore: WHILE WATER LEVELS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEED SIGHTLY IN South Areas Of South Punjab, With the Jalalpur Pirwala and Alipur Tehsils Of Multan Declared SAFT AFTER AFTER Head Panjnad, officers mentioned evacuation and reduction efforts Continued from low-lineing are additionally with the cenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers.
As many as 12,427 folks have been evacuated from low-lineing are with the three rivers in what authorities clagest operations in reject historian, involving a fleet of 1,517 rescue boats.
Account to Punjab Rescue Spokesperson Farooq Ahmed, The Districts Of Multan, Muzaffargarh And Rahim Yar Khan Had been Among the many Hardest Hit, 2,392 and 414 Folks Rescued, Rescuedely.
Evacuations Prolonged Throughout Quite a few Different Districts, Together with Lodhran, Bahawalpur and Kasur, Illustrating the Widespread Nature of the Disaster. The provincial Catastrophe Administration Authority (PDMA) Reported {that a} staggering 2.5 million folks have been evacuated from Punjab so Far, with the floods climing 101 lives and Necessating the Rescue of two.19m CATTLE Heads.
Officers confirmed that water ranges have begun to recaide considerably in some areas. The Authorities Declared The tehsils of Jalalpur Pirwala and Alipur Protected after a significant flood handed via head panjnad, the place water movement dropped dramatically from 684,000 buses on frider night time to. 492,695 cusecs by Saturday Night, a lower of almost 200,000 cusecs in 24 hours.
The pdma mentioned that flows at most main headworks on all three rivers have been “regular”.
Regardless of the bettering state of affairs, the humanitarian Disaster Stays Extreme. The Whole Union Council of Lati Mari in Alipur Tehsil, with a inhabitants of 40,000, was fully submerged.
Lati Mari Resident Syed Kausar Shah Informed Daybreak That round 15,000 folks of his basti azeem shah evacuated on their very own because the water beginning uproaching their union council.
He mentioned that each one their homes and crops have been destroyed because of an extramely excessive flood, and two folks from the households who couldn’t evacUate in time we have been drowned.
He mentioned {that a} personal boat was employed to evacUate the folks. “Most of them have been dwelling within the Home of their Kin in Alipur Metropolis, some have been additionally sitting on the Dyke Underneath the Sky Whereas Others Shifted to Authorities Reduction Camps,” He added.
The Flood-Contaminated Folks additionally suffored Losses of Cattle Heads, as Most Of Them Depend Not Evacuate their Cattle. He mentioned that Six To Seven Ft of Water is Flowing of their union council and they don’t take their belongings and in addition have been notable to test it was as a result of it was finished or not.
Multan DC Waseem Hamid Sindhu mentioned that 100,000 folks have been evacuated from Jalalpur Pirwala within the final three days. He mentioned that efforts have been earlier than to fill the breaches in Shujabad and Jalalpur Pirwala and helicopters and drones have been getting used to move medication and dry meals to distant.
He mentioned that Jalalpur Metropolis was made Protected, and the Main Flood Wave of the Cheenab and Sutlej Rivers have been crossing the Head Panjnad. He mentioned that reduction and rehabilitation of the flood-inffected folks had began, and meals was being distributed via the boats in Rural Areas of the Metropolis.
Excessive-level flooding
Addressing a press conferencing in Bahawalpur, Pdma Director Normal Irfan Ali Kathia mentioned that Panjnad Headworks is going through extraordinarily excessive flood, with the Water Circulation Reaching 575,000 Cuscs. He mentioned that 80,000 cusecs of water recalled at panjand in some hours, and a most of 700,000 cusecs crossed three days in the past.
He mentioned that the Sutlej River Had swelled to 385,000 cusecs this Season, and all three three rivers of the supply concurrently created high-level flooding.
He mentioned that there was no risk to Jalalpur Pirwala and Alipur cities and water would additionally recaide in Bahawalpur within the subsequent 24 hours. A “historic” evacuation Operation was carried out in Jalalpur Pirwala, and compelled evacuation would have been carried out within the district of Multan, he added.
The DG mentioned that 4,447 mouzas of 28 districts have been knowledgeable because of flood water and a pair of.5m folks have been evacuated from Punjab. He mentioned that 101 folks misplaced their lives in floods and a pair of.19m cattle heads have been additionally evacuated within the provision and shifted to saffe locations.
WATER FLOW
Accorder to the flood forecasting division of the information launched at 9pm on Saturday, the waterflow Throughout Main Rivers was larglen Regular and Regular.
On the channel River, Flows are regular in any respect key places, together with Marala Headworks (62,081 cusecs), Khanki Headworks (65,049 cusecs), Qadirabad Headworks (64,588 boards) and trimmu Headworks (100,645 cusecs). The movement at Panjnad Headworks was at 492,695 cusecs however was falling. The water stage at rivaz bridge was 517.20 toes, which was STADY and BLOW its most stage of 525 toes.
On the Ravi River, the Water Outflow was Regular at Jassar (13,797 cusecs), Shahdara (14,906 cusecs) and Balloki Headworks (27,970 cusecs), but it surely was within the flood at Sidhnai Headworks AT 40,809 cusecs.
On the Sutlej River, the Water Circulation was in Medium Flood at Ganda Singh Wala Headworks (95,000 cusecs) and Islam Headworks (82,155 cusecs), WHILE it was in low flood at such such (69,019 cusecs).
Printed in Daybreak, September 14th, 2025
