•Nawabshah flood pressure frame; rescue work intensifies
• Punjab Government Set October 4 deadline insert Sutlej vulnerability
•M5 remains closed, with more than 200 villages held in Punjab
•China air transport tents, blankets for flooded families
Hyderabad/Dadu/Lahore: Kotri barrage passed the peak of the Middle Hong Kong on Saturday, but was in medium form on Sunday night.
On Saturday morning, Kotri recorded 421.075 Cuseecs upstream and 393,560 Cuseecs downstream and 412,965 and 386,650 Cuseecs downstream at noon.
On Sunday, upstream traffic was 387,808 Cuseecs and downstream 362.253 Cuseecs; the barrage of four canals attracted about 25,555 Cuseecs. The flood peak has passed the Guddu and Sukkur barrage, and the traffic there is normal.
Meanwhile, high pressure continued along the Indus River along the Nasri Bund, Lakat Bund, Central Bangladesh and Amri Bridge, resulting in enhanced rescue efforts.
Rescue 1122 Shaheed Benazirabad evacuated dozens of residents from the village of Ali Khan Mari to safer locations and helped move livestock and rewards.
Officials called the situation “shocking” and urged residents in vulnerable areas to remain vigilant and work with rescue teams. Local authorities said they are monitoring the embankments and are ready to take further protection measures.
The Punjab government has set October 4 as a deadline to block all broken embankments along Sutlej to curb flooding that have flooded over 200 villages in Multan, Bahawalpur and Lordland regions. The villages of Tehsil Jalalpur Pirwala, Lodhran and Uch Sharif in Multan were submerged in the Noraja Bhutta embankment in Sutlej River and were ruptured due to extremely high water flows 15 days ago.
Floods pass through these loopholes and rise from Jhangra to Jalalpur Pirwala in the Bahawalpur region around the Multan-Suker Expressway (M5). After the flood passes M5 violation It establishes an inland lake within 20 to 25 km between Gilani Road and the expressway, and creates an inland lake between 20 to 25 km.
Due to the violation, the streets have closed traffic from the Uch Sharif junction to Jalalpur Pirwala in the past 15 days. The closure of all traffic between the southern and central Punjab has caused the supply chain to disrupt the supply chain and follows thousands of vehicles and forced travelers into dangerous alternative routes.
Jalalpur Pirwala’s eastern region is still horrible. Sabra is surrounded by eight to 10 feet of stagnant water. Relentless pressure leads to widespread damage to homes and property.
Meanwhile, as the Punjab government earlier this week emission Investigation on assessing losses caused by recent floods, PPP urge Prime Minister Shehbaz accepted his need to provide immediate relief to people affected by floods through the Benazir income support program. Centre and PML-N and PPP-COALITION partners in Punjab Odds Regarding how to help flood victims, the former government uses its own resources in Punjab insurance, while the last one sticks to BISP.
Punjab Irrigation Minister Kazim Ali Pirzada said on Sunday that three of the seven violations on the Noraja Bhutta embankment in the Sutlej River were filled with two violations. The largest vulnerability is 3,300 feet wide, and according to the latest update, it has been reduced to 1,650 feet.
The minister said the irrigation department is using all its capacity and resources to ensure that the remaining violations should be completely inserted by the evening of October 4.
He further pointed out that the water level in the region is gradually shrinking. The team of experts will conduct another technical review of the situation on October 6 to better plan for future measures.
Earlier, Multan Deputy Commissioner Wasem Hamid Sindhu, said that rehabilitation and relief activities for flood victims have been officially launched. He said that as river conditions normalize, affected people start returning to their homes, while the government continues to provide dry rivers in affected areas.
China sends relief flights
Two Chinese relief flights with 300 tents and 9,000 blankets landed at Nur Khan Air Force Base in Rawalpindi on Sunday for flood displacement.
Federal Minister Engr Amir Muqam, Lieutenant Inam Haider Malik, Chairman of NDMA, Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong and Foreign Ministry officials, NDMA received the goods.
In this speech, Muqam thanked China for its timely assistance and said that China’s contribution was not only a humanitarian effort, but also reaffirmed the eternal Pakistan-China friendship.
Bakhtawar Mian of Islamabad also contributed to this report
Posted in Dawn on September 29, 2025
