LAHORE:India has released more water in River Ravi as 60,000 cusecs of water have entered Shakargarh, Jalala and Dhariwal. The water level in Ravi is continuously rising on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the flood situation has worsened as the water from River Sutlej has entered Burewala, in the limits of Vehari district.
More villages were feared to be flooded in Arifwala as the water level in the Sutlej River rose further at the point of Dhola Patan. According to rescue sources, the flood entered Burewala after wreaking havoc on Mauza Dula Akuka and Mauza Judeka in Bahawalnagar district. As an embankment near Ajeera Basti breached, several villages in Mauza Jamlera of Burewala including Basti Rakh Jamlera, Basti Jan Muhammad Jamlera, Basti Niaz Jamlera, Basti Allah Yar Jamlera and Basti Khokhran were inundated.
Similarly, Basti Mirzeka in Mauza Judekaki, Basti Miran Shah in Mauza Sahuka, and Basti Kai Shah and Basti Muhammad Yar Mochi in Mauza Saldera were inundated. Other villages including Basti Dad Jamlera, Basti Majhi Jamlera, Adda Bin Morr and Nowshera Jamlera were feared to be inundated due to the increase in the intensity of the flow of flood.
“The flood has caused so much destruction after 35 years,” a local elderly person said. The locals were moving to safe places while the rescue teams were busy carrying out rescue operations. Moreover, many settlements along the Sutlej River in Arifwala were evacuated and the units of the Pakistan Army also arrived for assistance. The Pakistan Army soldiers were busy with the locals and rescue officials carrying out relief work. As the Dhola embankment weakened, the Pakistan Army soldiers strengthened it by adding soil to it. In Khanpur, crops were inundated after a 40-foot-wide breach occurred in Nahar-1L Canal near Bhatta Sheikhan.
Despite receiving the information about the crack, the officials of the Irrigation Department did not reach the spot. The locals helped themselves plug the canal breach. According to them, the canal water is stolen with the connivance of the Irrigation Department officials by organising a breach in the canal. They demanded that the higher authorities take notice of it.
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