A high flood in the River Chenab and Nullahs played havoc in the Sialkot district, Jhung and Sargodha road is under water.
The land link of 85 villages was completely cut off from other areas in Sialkot district.The flood water level on Sunday started receding in the flooded rivers Chenab, Jammu Munaawar and Tavi and flooded seasonal Nullahs Dek, Aik and Palkhu in Sialkot district.
The rescue activities were underway by the district administration, Civil Defence and Rescue 1122 workers in the flood-hit areas in Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial and Pasrur tehsils. The district administration claimed that the flood situation was totally under control. The DCO supervised these relief activities in the flood-hit areas.
As many as 27 villages of Pasrur tehsil were inundated due to flooded Naullah Dek on Saturday. The floodwater splashed over the banks of Nullah Dek near Pasrur tehsil’s Chahoor village due to recent rains in Sialkot region.
Three to four feet high floodwater was still standing there in Pasrur tehsil’s flood hit 27 villages including Jabbokey, Nawaadhey, Chahoor, Machchaana, Eispur, Seehowal, Mehtabpur, Hunjali, Tharo Mandi, Shehzada, Bharat, Khewa Bajwa, Saarh Fatah, Punjgrayeen Bajwa, Rasulpur. Jeestiwala, Qila, Kaka Pan, Punj Graayien Bajwa, Sojowali and Saarh Fataah.
Several unpaved and muddy houses collapsed and several cattle were also flowed in flood water in these villages. Several electricity pylons and trees were also uprooted due to which the supply of electricity was lying suspended there in these villages for the last 30 hours.
The water level soured up as the flow of water was 136,000 cusecs in River Chenab at Head Marala-Sialkot in Saturday evening. While, the flow of water was 20,000 cusecs in Nullah Aik near Oora-Sialkot, added the irrigation officials.
