Indus to enter into medium flood in NW Pakistan during next 24 hours
By Atif Hussain - Pakistan Times Staff Reporter

LAHORE: The river Kabul is in medium flood at Nowshera with falling tendency while the river Indus is likely to enter into medium flood state at Kotri during next 24 hours.

Indus is in low flood at Tarbela, Chashma, Guddu and Sukkur with falling tendency It is also in low flood at Kalabagh and Taunsa with steady tendency.

The river Chenab is in low flood at Marala, Khanki and Qadirabad while Ravi is in low flood at Balloki.

A Met report issued on Friday said, a well marked monsoon low over southern Behar has moved in northwesterly direction and today lies over northeastern Madhya Pradesh, India.

A westerly wave is moving across Kashmir. Seasonal low lies over northeastern Balochistan. Monsoon current from Arabian Sea is reaching Punjab.

Isolated thunderstorm/rain has been forecast for upper catchment as well as lower catchment areas of all the rivers.

Indus water going down

And a report from Sukkur says that Indus water discharge constantly receding at Guddu Barrage while medium level flood was recorded at Kotri Barrage.

Flood Control Centre Sindh says that the upstream discharge at Guddu Barrage was recorded 363,371 cusecs. The down stream discharge at the Barrage was 333,741 cusecs.

Meanwhile, Indus was fast receding at Sukkur Barrage where the maximum discharge was 350,321 cusecs.

Indus was flowing in medium flood at Kotri Barrage with upstream discharged recorded at 294,833 cusecs, while downstream discharge was 274,283 cusecs.

Meanwhile, flood victims of over 60 villages inundated in the Katcha area have complained that no official relief was provided to them.

20 villages submerged in Flood

A report from Nawabshah says that Indus floodwater submerged 20 villages near Nawabshah on Friday.

Indus floodwater inundated several villages in Katcha area of Qazi Ahmed and Daulatpur. Flood victims were vacating their houses and moving towards safer places.

Water level in the river constantly rising, as administration has setup relief camps for the flood victims, said executive engineer Irrigation Dadu.●