Over 14,000 evacuated as India's torrential rains worsen situation in Kasur
Pakistan
Punjab floods: Over 14,000 evacuated as India’s torrential rains worsen situation
LAHORE (News Desk) - Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi says more than 14,000 people have been evacuated by teams of the Rescue 1122 in the flood-hit areas to be on the safe side.
Sharing the evacuation data in a Twitter post Friday, Naqvi said he had visited villages beyond the Talwar Post relief camp near the Ganda Singh border with India in Kasur to oversee the rescue operations in the villages inundated with floodwater.
— Mohsin Naqvi (@MohsinnaqviC42) July 14, 2023
Pakistan’s central region has been hit hard by the recent rains because the northern states of India saw torrential rains in the past week. Consequently, a huge influx of water entered in Pakistan.
A day earlier, a rescue operation was conducted in Kasur as water from the Sutlej river flooded 15 villages and played havoc with standing crops.
Meanwhile, the Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) said the floodwater at the point of Ganda Singhwala in the Sutlej river was normal with both the inflow and outflow at 55,900 cusecs.
There was low-level flooding at the point of Sulemanki headworks at the Sutlej river where the inflow and outflow of water were recorded at 67,012 cusecs, the update said.
