86 killed, 151 injured in recent monsoon rains across country: NDMA
LAHORE – India released water in the Sutlej River, Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Monday reported and issued an alert.
According to the PDMA, India initially discharged 70,614 cusecs of water into the Sutlej River from Harike Point. The released water will enter Pakistani territory from Ganda Singh in Kasur district till night.
The PDMA Director General Imran Qureshi warned the Deputy Commissioners of Kasur, Okara, Vehari and Pakpattan to complete the preliminary arrangements and to establish relief camps.
PDMA also appealed to citizens to take safety measures.
According to the District Emergency Operation Centre Kasur, 50 thousand cusecs of water will pass through Ganda Singh in the next 12 to 16 hours. 70 percent of the water released from India will reach Ganda Singh Head soon, the official said.
Deputy Commissioner Kasur Muhammad Arshad Bhatti said that the situation would be controlled after Indian water aggression in Sutlej was reported. He said that all departments were on alert to handle the situation.
At least six more persons lost their live and nine sustained injuries in the rain-related incidents in Punjab and Sindh provinces in the last 24 hours, Dunya News reported.
The total death toll in Pakistan from this season’s monsoon rains since June 25 has risen to around 86, along with 151 injured, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.
According to a report released by the NDMA on Monday evening, 37 children, 16 women and 33 men lost their lives in separate rain-related accidents in the country.
Punjab province was the worst-hit region where 52 people were killed, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces which reported 20 and six deaths, respectively. Five people died in Sindh and three in Azad Kashmir.
Moreover, 97 houses were destroyed and 46 livestock perished in different parts of Pakistan, the report said.
