A total of 55 billion cusecs of water is expected to cross the Taunsa Barrage on Thursday.
All five drains of the Gujranwala district have faced diluvium. Seventy villages in Bajwat sector, 30 in Wazirabad and 30 villages of Aimanabad have lost local contact due to the recent torrential rains.
An emergency has been declared in Dera Ghazi Khan as a result of the floods.
K-P
All rivers of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have been reported to be experiencing mid-level floods. A warning has been issued by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in Naushera and Charsadda.
Islamabad
The National Highway Authority’s (NHA) Central Flood Control Cell has become operational and will work round the clock, a press release stated on Tursday.
The leaves of NHA field staff and personnel related to road maintenance have been cancelled, the report stated.
Several roads were damaged as a result of the recent heavy monsoon rains in the federal capital, and are in need of urgent maintenance by the concerned department of the Capital Development Authority (CDA).
The damaged roads not only pose a serious threat to the vehicles but also the lives of the drivers.
Multan
An official has stated that the increasing water at River Chenab will not affect Multan, though the situation would become clearer on the arrival of the water deluge at Taraimo headworks.
Kasur
Water at River Sutlej was at low flood level as the water discharge at Gandasingwala is 63,300 cusecs, district flood control authorities reported on Thursday.
According to the district administration, measures have been put in place for any emergency situation due to rains in the district.
Rajanpur
The district administration has issued a flood warning to thousands of people living in sensitive areas of the River Indus in Sindh, including Mithhan Kot, Beat Soontra and Mauza Sanzani.
District Coordination Officer, Ghazi Amanullah instructed residents of the areas to vacate immediately as water level in river Sindh was continuously rising due to the recent rains.
Gujranwala
The water level is rising in River Chenab as a deluge of 40 billion cusecs was recorded at Head Khanki that has inundated about 12 villages in Wazirabad.
Some low lying areas of Wazirabad have also come under water as rains continued periodically in the area.
River Chenab at Khanki is likely to attain a high to a very high flood level ranging between 400,000 cusecs to 500,000 cusecs by Thursday evening, Met sources reported.
If we would have small dams then this water could be stored to be used later by arid lands. In Bahawalpur division, Rajanpur, DeraGhazi Khan and in Northern Punjab regions like Potohar Plateau we have lower incidence of Rain and this rain could turn into a blessing if we would have some Water Harvesting capability. The Punjab government must make a new strategy to make small Dams to store the water to be used later.
Smaller dams would end the Flash Flood problems and the Water will turn into a Boon rather than into a Misfortune
@Khurram Awan Unfortunately our planners are too much naive or ignorant. I worked in Africa in building Sand Dams and these dams have revolutionized the farming in Kenya and in Ethipia but when i contacted my own countrymen and Politicians they did not showed any Interest in such projects. I think by having more land under cultivation our landlords would not be able to control the prices and the people and that is why they dont want to bring such technologies in Pakistan.
If someone can open the Youtube link then they can see one link of Sand Dams and i have worked in the same projects like these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAVEl2K0kQI
Khurram Awan and Cheema: u both are right and actually what khurram is saying is common sense, u can ask any ordinary thinking guy and he will come up with the same solution or at least accept the idea, but unfortunately as Cheema says that our countrys socalled technocrat and socalled politicians dont have any political will to do a project like this or any other project which can benefit the people of Pakistan. We really need an systemchange otherwise this country is going downwards very soon.
Blaming monsoons for floods instead of Indian water discharge.