SIALKOT
Forty seven villages of Pasrur, Zafarwal, Qila Ahmedabad and surrounding areas here remained inundated and four to five feet high floodwater is playing havoc in these villages which were again inundated due to a major flood spate in Dek nullah near village Chahoor-Pasrur during the Eid days.
The affected villages include: Jabbokey, Chak Machchaana, Nawaadhey, Eispur, Seehowal, Jeesatiwala, Qila Ahmedabad, Sojowali, Kukka Pan, Poond, Baangey, Rasheedpur, Ghangor, Khewan Cheema, Saarh Fataah, Behlolpur, Chcheema, Peera, Baryar, Balloki, Main Harpal, Punj Grayeen Bajwa, Narang Wali, Dhung, Kheemowali, Baddo Cheema and Khewa Hundalaan. According to the senior officials of Sialkot Irrigation Department, it was the fourteenth spate in the nullah which occurred near village Chahoor of Pasrur tehsil here during the last twenty two days.
Meanwhile, Sialkot DCO Iftikhar Ali Sahu and other senior officials celebrated Eidul Fitr with the flood affected people. The DCO visited the areas of Pasrur tehsil and supervised the rescue activities. District Officer (Coordination) Sialkot Malik Abid Hussain Awan revealed that the population remained safe from flood. Those, they remained stranded there during Eid Days.
He added that the district administration was draining the floodwater from the flooded areas into the main Marala Ravi Link (M.R.Link) canal near Saahowala-Sambrial-Uggoki and Pasrur. Due to this step, the water level was receding in the flooded villages, he added. He said that the entire situation was totally under control. He added that the floodwater level was receding in flooded Aik and Dek nullahs, as the level of water was 5,500 cusecs in Dek at Chahoor-Pasrur and only 800 cusecs in Aik at Oora-Sialkot. During the Eid Days, the floodwater was again splashed over the banks of Dek as 21,600 cusecs water reached here from India and inundated around 47 villages of Pasrur, Zafarwal, Qila Ahmedabad and surrounding areas.
On the other hand, the flood water level was also receding in 62 flooded villages of Qila Ahmedabad, Zafarwal, Baddo Malhi, Noor Kot and Narowal areas.