High-level flood persists in Sutlej River at Sulemanki Headworks as it continues to wreak havoc along the river belt in Lodhran district, Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Thursday.
According to reports, the floodwater in the Sutlej has entered Vehari whereas the inflow and outflow of water at Islam Headworks was about 94,000 cusecs.
On August 21, it was reported that Sutlej witnessed a deluge after India released more water into the river.
An earlier report issued by the Flood Forecast Division suggested that there was a high-level flood at Ganda Singh Wala as well having inflow and outflow of water of about 174,062 cusecs.
Today’s report issued by the provincial irrigation department stated that the inflow and outflow of water at Sulemanki Headworks is 136,632 cusecs previously it was 146,271 cusecs.
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Furthermore, the inflow and outflow of water at the Ganda Singh Wala is now at 115,046 cusecs.
Dozens of villages and settlements had submerged under water whereas thousands of acres of crops had been destroyed.
Rescue efforts are underway by the local administration to provide relief to locals. A mobile hospital has been set-up in the flood-affected areas, said a spokesperson of the health department adding that about 52 flood relief centres had been established.
Teams from Rescue 1122 of Rahim Yar Khan had also reached Lodhran to help the flood victims.
Meanwhile, the education department said that about 24 schools near the river belt were closed in the areas surrounding Sutlej.
