Pakistan began evacuation operations last month after India fired water from dams that are overflowing to low border areas.
Posted on September 3, 2025
Nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated during the past 48 hours of the areas damaged by the floods Punjab Pakistan Officials said that the boycott after the recent flood alerts by India, thus the total number of people displaced since last month to 1.3 million.
Aarfan Ali Kataya, Director General of Disaster Management Authority in Al -Muqabatat in Punjab, said that a new flood alert was shared with Pakistan by neighboring India through diplomatic channels early on Wednesday.
Flood water was flooded with dozens of villages in the Mozavargar area of Punjab, after they were immersed earlier in Narowal and Sialkot, both near the border with India.
The authorities are also struggling to convert fake rivers into agricultural lands to protect major cities, as part of one of the largest rescue and relief operations in Punjab’s history, which wanders in eastern Pakistan and northwestern India.
The flood alert was the second in 24 hours after heavy rains and water issues from dams in India.
Cathaya said that thousands of rescuers who use boats participate in relief and rescue operations, while the army was also deployed to transport people and animals from the arrogant villages.
Rescuers also use drones to find ways on the roofs of homes in areas damaged from the floods. Cathaya said more than 3.3 million people in 33,000 villages in the province were affected. He said that the damages that are still evaluated and all those who lost homes and crops will be compensated by the Punjab government.
At least 30 people in Punjab, India, have killed more than 30 million people, nearly 20,000 have been evacuated since August 1.
In Pakistan, the villages of tents are created and food and other essential things are provided for people affected by floods, although many survivors complained of a lack of government aid.
Punjab Prime Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif visited areas hit by the floods in Mozavargara on Wednesday, where he met with displaced families in the camps.
About 40,000 people in relief camps, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. It remains unclear where the rest possesses.
Malik Ramzan, a resident of the displaced, said that he chose to stay near his sunny house instead of entering a relief camp. “There are no facilities that can be lived in the camps,” he said. “Food is not delivered on time, and we are treated like beggars.”
Kamal Haider of the island, reports from Mulkan in Punjab, said. “There is no clean drinking water, and there is no suitable toilet facilities, in addition to the fact that they are very hot and wet, so it leads to dryness.”
While these families have masses to keep the temperature cold, “there are frequent collapses in strength, so these people are now very weak when it comes to their health, and of course the outbreak of diseases.”
Last week’s floods mainly struck the regions in Casore, Bahwal Albour and Narowal.
Pakistan began the collective evacuation last month after India fired water from dams that are overflowing to low border areas.
The latest floods are the worst Since 2022When the climate floods killed nearly 1700 people in Pakistan.
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