WEBDESK: The Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has warned that several dams in Pakistan and neighbouring India are reaching dangerous levels of water storage.
According to a report shared by Punjab Relief Commissioner Nabeel Javed, Mangla Dam is currently 87 per cent full, while Tarbela Dam has reached its maximum capacity at 100 per cent.
The report also highlighted the situation across the border. India’s Bhakra Dam on the Sutlej River is 84 per cent full, Pong Dam is at 98 per cent, and Thane Dam has reached 92 per cent capacity.
Officials have raised concerns that continued inflows, combined with the risk of heavy rainfall, could increase pressure on these reservoirs and pose flooding threats downstream.
Rain is also expected in parts of Punjab during the same period. Cities including Lahore, Sialkot, Narowal, Okara, Multan, and Dera Ghazi Khan may receive thunderstorms and showers from September 6 to 8.
Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, Galiyat, and the Potohar region are also forecast to receive rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning.
The PMD further warned that from September 7 to 9, thunderstorms with rain are likely in the eastern and southern districts of Balochistan. In addition, the mountainous regions of Kashmir and upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa face the risk of landslides due to continuous rainfall.
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