Hundreds of villages in Pakistani Punjab flooded, as India released countless waters in the Sutlej River, said sources in the Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) here Sunday, according to APP. The Okara district's areas- Baseerpur, Mandi Ahmed Abad, Haveli Lakha and dozens of villages alongside Head Sulemanki were inundated with Indian flood water. The flood inflicted huge damages to standing crops of paddy and cotton, roads, houses and other infrastructures in these areas that caused numerous problems for the rescuers to shift the local people to safer places, they added. Now the flood is heading from Head Sulemanki towards Pakpattan, where thousands of people are being shifted to safe places from 30 villages including Pir Ghani, Jagga Baloch, Hota and Beli Dilawar. The FFD authorities said that the flood would approach Pakpattan on Sunday evening, predicting floods in districts of Kasur, Bahawalnagar and Vehari. According to the FFD report, Sutlej River at Ganda Singh Wala and Sulemanki is likely to remain in low to medium flood during next 24 hours. However, Kabul River at Nowshera is in medium flood, while Indus River at Chashma, Taunsa and Guddu, and Ravi River at Balloki are in low floods. According to hydro meteorological features, a weak westerly wave over northern parts of the country continued to persist and a weak seasonal low lies over Balochistan. While, a weak monsoon current is penetrating into Punjab and Kashmir up to 3,000 feet. This weather pattern is likely to cause thunderstorm and rain at isolated places over upper Punjab, sub-mountain areas of Punjab and Kashmir .
