The water level is soaring in River Chenab at Head Marala as the local authorities apprehended medium level flooding in the river, on Saturday.
The Chiniot Deputy Commissioner has directed concerned departments and the settlements along the river to take precautionary measures in view of the likely flooding in Chenab.
The River Chenab flow coming from Head Marala will pass through Chiniot tomorrow, the deputy commissioner said in a statement.
According to officials, the river water level at Head Marala has reached 100,000 cusecs due to the discharge of water in the river from India without prior intimation.
Earlier, Sialkot Deputy Commissioner said that all departments concerned had been alerted to deal with any emergency situation. He said that the district administration was keeping round-the-clock check and monitoring the flood situation in River Chenab at Head Marala-Sialkot.
The Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) Lahore had earlier predicted medium to high floods in the Nullahs of Rivers Chenab & Ravi, River Jhelum at Mangla (Upstream) and flash flooding in the local Nullahs/streams of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kashmir besides urban flooding in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Lahore Divisions during next 72 hours.–INP