Breach in Nullah Dek, several villages submerged in Kamoke
According to reports, the Nullah Dek overflowed in Wahindo area of the district on Wednesday.
KAMOKE (Dunya News) - Floodwater submerged several villages and hundreds of acres of agricultural land after a breach in Nullah Dek.
According to reports, the Nullah Dek overflowed in Wahindo area of the district on Wednesday.
Torrential monsoon rains triggered floods in various parts of the country, inflicting heavy financial losses.
Heavy rains have also been hitting most parts of the Punjab for the last couple of days.
Earlier, standing crop on hundreds of acres of land were destroyed while several villages of Pasror, Narowal, Sambrial and Kamoke were inundated after a 40-feet wide breach developed in Nullah Dek in Kamoke.
Several villages were submerged due to high flood in Nullah Dek near Pasrur. Standing crops were inundated with floodwater while residents of nearby localities moved to safer places.
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, there was high flood in river Jhelum near Mangla. River Chenab attained high flood at various places, including Marala, Khanki and Qadirabad. Water in the River Kabul increased to a middle-level flood at Nowshera.
The met department also confirmed low level floods in various parts of the country including Tarbela on river Sindh and Khanki on river Chenab.
In Kamonki, a breach in Nullah Dek canal flooded the whole area. Local authorities were busy in plugging the breach with the help of residents of area. Meanwhile‚ widespread rain-thundershower with isolated heavy falls associated with gusty winds is expected in Kashmir‚ Malakand‚ Hazara‚ Islamabad and Rawalpindi‚ Gujranwala‚ Lahore divisions. Scattered rain-thundershower is likely at central and Southern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa‚ central Punjab and at isolated places in Gilgit-Baltistan. All the main city roads in Sialkot were submerged by rain and sewerage water.
