Flood situation being monitored: NDMA

08 Sep, 2014

Spokesperson National Disaster Management Authority Ahmad Kamal said the flood situation was being monitored round the clock and District Administration and other concerned Departments were ready to meet any emergency.
Talking to Radio Pakistan's Nuqta-e-Nazar programme, Spokesperson NDMA said that River Chenab is overflowing at Head Marala at the moment with about 793,000 cusecs of water.
To a question, he said that 184 people have been rescued with the help of armed forces in Gujranwala, Wazirabad and Hafizabad districts. Moreover, about 350 people have been rescued through 13 helicopters in other different areas. NDMA and Provincial Disaster Management Authority are fully active in this regard, he added.
Responding to a question, he said at the moment Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Wazirabad, Hafizabad and Jhang districts are the most affected areas while in the coming days Sargodha, Mandi Bahauddin and Khushab would be affected.
Speaking in Nuqta-e-Nazar programme of NCAC, Chief Meteorologist Muhammad Riaz has said that at the moment there is very high level flood in the Jhelum and Chenab.

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