India releases more water into Sutlej, Punjab issues high-flood alert

India has released additional water into the Sutlej River, prompting Pakistan’s Ministry of Water Resources to issue a flood alert after receiving formal intimation from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

According to the Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), the release of water is expected to further increase the flow in the Sutlej, where high flood levels are already being recorded downstream of Harike and Ferozepur.

The PDMA has directed that precautionary measures be taken to safeguard lives and property as the river continues to swell.

Officials confirmed that India had also released water into the Sutlej a day earlier.

At Ganda Singh Wala, the flow has surged to 230,000 cusecs, while at Sulemanki, the river is experiencing high flood levels with a discharge of 137,000 cusecs.

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Other rivers are also seeing significant flows: the Chenab at Marala is at 62,000 cusecs, at Khanki Headworks 98,000 cusecs, at Qadirabad 98,000 cusecs, and at Trimmu Headworks an alarming 250,000 cusecs.

The PDMA further warned that the Panjnad area is under extreme flood conditions, with the river carrying an unprecedented 475,000 cusecs of water.