In the last act of aggression of water, the sudden discharge of Cuses of India in the Sutlej river sparked floods in Ganda Singh Wala of Kasur, submerging and devastating villages of thousands of acres of agricultural land.
According to managers, rescue efforts have been launched while the villagers and their cattle are moved to a safer land.
In Burewala, flood waters have spread to the Sahu Ka region and the nearby rural colonies, overwhelming agricultural land and cutting hundreds of villages after a break on the Sahu Ka – Chishtian road.
Dozens of agrarian families in Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar have watched their livelihoods helplessly escape while their pillar, cotton, rice and sesame – are now underwater.
In addition, the panicked villagers were forced to leave ancestral houses built during the generations, carrying everything they can and the paddling pool in waters until refusal in search of a shelter.
According to the division of flood forecasts in Lahore, an average flood goes through the Sulemanki head. The Chenab river also inflates, with a low flood recorded in Marala and Khanki.
In the industrial river, moderate floods are reported in the damdu and sukkur dams, while in Tarbela, Kalabagh and Chashma, the water levels are high enough to cause a low flood situation, according to the division.
Meanwhile, breaking a long silence since their military deadlock in May, India has contacted Pakistan through the Industry Water Treaty (IWT), sharing details on potential flood threats, official sources said on Monday.
According to sources, New Delhi warned Pakistan from a major potential flood in the Tawi river in Jammu.
The Indian High Commissioner of Islamabad transmitted the alert, with the communication made on the morning of August 24, they added.
This is the first major contact of its kind since the Pakistani-Indian war in May, the sources noted.
After the alert, the Pakistani authorities issued warnings based on the information provided by India, the sources confirmed.
In the wake of the murder of 26 people in the Pahalgam region of India, Jammu-et-Cachemire occupied illegally in April, India held the IWT with pending Pakistan.
New Delhi accuses Islamabad of orchestrating the deadly militant attack, an allegation that Pakistan denies.
Based on these baseless allegations, India waged a war against Pakistan in May, leading to the heaviest military engagement for decades, before a cease-fire was negotiated by the United States.
Neighbors of nuclear weapons do not agree on the use of water from rivers which flow downstream from India in the Industry River basin in Pakistan.
The use of water is governed by the IWT, which was mediated by the World Bank and signed by the neighbors in September 1960.
There is no provision in the Treaty for the two countries to suspend or unilaterally terminate the Pact, which has clear systems for dispute settlement.
The treaty had survived three wars and other conflicts between the two competitors, while summarizing many twists and turns in diplomatic links.
