MUZAFFARGARH: With the ever-increasing rise in the water level of the Chenab river, the district administration has alerted the residents of 104 mauzas (300 villages) to evacuate on an emergency basis.

The revenue officials are busy announcing in the mosques to warn the people, especially in the villages along the river, to leave their houses for safer places. They have also set up relief camps for the affectees.

Dawn learnt that when the announcements were made, the fish farmers were busy taking out the fish from fish farms due to dangerous conditions while mango farmers were busy picking fruit from their mango orchards.

Deputy Commissioner Ali Annan Qamar inspected the flood bund at Chak Rohari on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, he said the arrangements had been finalised in view of the possible flood in the district and the institutions concerned were ready to perform their professional duties and deal with any emergency situation.

Mr Qamar said the water situation in the Chenab and Indus rivers was being monitored and added that the discharge of water at the Taunsa Barrage in the Indus was 2,63,930 cusecs on Friday, it was 90,625 cusecs in the Chenab river while the discharge of water at Head Punjnad was 98,758 cusecs.

The DC said announcements were being made for evacuation of the victims in the flooded areas from 104 places. He said 12 relief camps had been established in tehsil Muzaffargarh, nine in tehsil Jatoi and seven in tehsil Alipur where arrangements had been made to provide the flood afectees with all the basic facilities.

He said food and medicines had been arranged for the animals in the camps while the livestock department was also vaccinating the cattle against diseases. The DC cancelled the leaves of officials and ordered them to monitor the floods in the next two days.

On the direction of additional IG Punjab Dr Ehsan Sadiq, the DPOs of Muzaffargarh and Layyah alerted the riverine police check posts about floods. Police said in the days of flood, robbers and thieves in the riverine area would steal the animals and other valuables from affected people.

TOBA TEK SINGH: Recent rains have caused floods in the River Ravi in Kamalia.

Locals said on Friday the crops on hundreds of acres of farmlands were inundated while flood water also entered houses in different localities.

The villages affected by the flooding included Chak 742-GB, Kot Shahabal Shah, Kot Pthana and Adda Bhussi.

The district administration has asked the people of villages located near the river to shift to safer places and set up relief camps for them.

GUJRANWALA: At 12am on Friday, the inflow in the River Chenab was 116,096 cusecs at head Marala and discharge 101,196 cusecs, according to the data released by the Divisional Flood Control Room.

According to the latest situation, there is a low level of flood in the river and the water level is decreasing.

The inflow of water at Head Khanki is 139,167 cusecs and discharge at 132,587 cusecs. The inflow of water at Head Qadirabad is 196,027 cusecs and discharge is 177,027 cusecs.

Published in Dawn, July 30th, 2022