Yamuna flowing above danger mark officials monitoring to avoid untoward situation
Yamuna breached the danger level of 205.33m on July 10, flooding low-lying pockets on its banks and forcing the evacuation of thousands
Yamuna breached the danger level of 205.33m on July 10, flooding low-lying pockets on its banks and forcing the evacuation of thousands
The Akali leader said the flood tragedy in Punjab is “Bhagwant made, and not Bhagwan made.”
Special flood relief camps are being organised in the affected districts to provide treatment to the victims, food supply, fodder and silage to the needy animals.
Many villagers were forced to leave the Basbari area due to massive river erosion and moved to other places.
From 208.40 meters at 9 am, it was recorded at 208.38 metres at 10 am on Friday. However, the floodwaters reached the ITO causing a significant traffic jam.
Should we build embankments so close to rivers that they do not have the space needed to deposit silt and replenish ponds or recharge groundwater?
This year’s still unfolding disaster is a warning about what lies ahead, as the Himalayan glaciers melt and extreme weather events become the norm.
Kabul River is still at a very high flood level at Nowshera as the water has crossed 300,000 cusecs and this is why residents in some areas have not been allowed to come back to their homes," she said in a statement cited by The Express Tribune.
Couple that with the expected mass migration to urban centres and you can easily see what the near future will hold.
The rescue, relief and rehabilitation in the country continue. According to The News International, the catastrophe has killed around 719,558 livestock.
