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PDMA issues flood alert in Punjab
A day after the historic deluge swamped Lahore, Pakistan Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Thursday issued a flood alert in Punjab. According to the PDMA spokesperson, there is a possibility of “a very high level of flood” in Jhelum, Sutlej, Ravi and Chenab rivers from July 8 to 10. Moreover, India is likely to release […]
A day after the historic deluge swamped Lahore, Pakistan Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Thursday issued a flood alert in Punjab.
According to the PDMA spokesperson, there is a possibility of “a very high level of flood” in Jhelum, Sutlej, Ravi and Chenab rivers from July 8 to 10.
Moreover, India is likely to release water in Ravi and Sutlej rivers which may result in flooding.
The disaster management authority has also issued a high alert to all the provincial departments, including the deputy commissioners of Punjab and directed all departments to complete arrangements immediately.
On the other hand, Lahore continues to witness rainfall which has inundated the low-lying areas of the city.
According to the spokesman of Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), rain has started in different areas of the LESCO region and there are reports of heavy rain in Sheikhupura Circle, Nankana and Nadran Circle of LESCO.
On the instructions of LESCO Chief Executive Engineer Shahid Haider, the field staff has been put on high alert.
The electric supply company also requested its consumers to keep themselves, their children and their animals away from electrical installations during inclement weather.
Further requesting consumers to cooperate in such times, the company’s management directed people to notify the LESCO staff immediately in any emergency situation.
In view of the risk of urban flooding in the city, DC Rawalpindi imposed Section 144 around Nullah Leh and other big drains. A ban has also been imposed on throwing any kind of garbage around these drains.
According to the notification, the ban was imposed to save human lives and legal action will be taken against the violators.
The ban will be applicable from July 5 to July 11.
Meanwhile, at least four people lost their lives, and 14 sustained injuries in separate incidents as torrential rains battered Punjab’s capital for the second consecutive day.
In a statement, Rescue 1122 said that the roof of a house near Bandianwala Bridge in Lahore’s Amar Sidhu area collapsed, resulting in the death of the people.
In the same incident, a 10-year-old was injured and later shifted to Lahore General Hospital for treatment. As many as 14 people – sitting under the “waiting shade” – were injured when a wall of the Government Mozang Teaching Hospital collapsed, a statement from the Rescue 1122 said.
Punjab interim Health Minister Dr Javed Akram said after being provided with initial treatment, injured people were shifted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
“A 12-year-old boy, who suffered injuries to the head, is in critical condition. An adjoining wall is still standing, however, I haved asked the commissioner to raze it to the ground,” Akram said.
Moreover, Punjab interim Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi told journalists that the injured would receive free treatment. Lahore, a day earlier, received over 290mm of rain in two spells within a span of 10 hours, breaking a 30-year-old record in the provincial capital.
The incessant rain in the provincial capital also paralysed life, while 10 people lost their lives in different incidents.
