Flood in River Ravi: Several villages inundated near Sharaqpur
Pakistan
Rescue teams with the help of police have so far recued more than 500 people.
SHEIKHUPURA (Dunya News) - Several villages were submerged and standing crops over hundreds of acres of land were destroyed burst its banks near Sharaqpur Sharif, a town of Sheikhupura District, on Sunday.
According to sources, the flood in River Ravi has deluged several villages including Hakiman Da Warah, Matam, Dhana, Sultanpura. The floodwater has also entered houses in in these villages as rescue teams are busy evacuating the people trapped in water.
According to DPO Sheikhupura Zahid Nawaz Marwat, rescue teams with the help of police have so far recued more than 500 people – mostly women and children – and shifted them to safer places.
He said that rescue teams and police are busy in protecting life and property of the people in the affected areas.
