The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province issued a flood alert in the Chenab river this week, after India announced it would open the spillway gates of its Salal Dam for silt flushing till May 30. An advisory by district magistrate’s office of India’s Jammu and Kashmir Reasi district announced this […]
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Punjab ramps up flood prevention drive ahead of monsoon
The Punjab Irrigation Department has launched pre-flood inspections of irrigation infrastructure, including spurs, embankments, and canal headworks across the province, as part of its efforts to prepare for potential flooding during the upcoming monsoon season. The inspections are being carried out by designated teams, supported by allied departments and law enforcement agencies. “The structures, if […]
NDMA warns nationwide 12-24hr storms, hail and flood risk
The National Disaster Management Authority’s (NDMA) National Emergencies Operation Centre (NEOC) on Friday issued a nationwide weather alert warning of thunderstorms, heavy rain and hailstorms in several parts of the country during the next 12 to 24 hours. NDMA also cautioned citizens and authorities about possible flash floods, landslides and glacial lake outburst floods in […]
Flood alert sounded as heavy rains claim 17 lives in KP districts
The death toll in the ongoing spell of heavy rain in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rose to 17 on Monday as the authorities issued flood alert in overflowing streams across the province. In the latest incident, five people including children died while four others injured when their house came down amid heavy rain in […]
722 flood-hit schools to be rebuilt in Sindh
A major education rehabilitation programme worth $302.5 million is underway to reconstruct 722 schools destroyed during the 2022 floods in Sindh. According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, under the Sindh Secondary Education Improvement Project – Additional Financing (SSEIP-AF), schools will be rebuilt with climate-resilient infrastructure and upgraded to meet modern learning environment standards. The […]
Women, children flood markets ahead of Eid in major cities
The last weekend of Ramazan turned bazaars nationwide into a sea of shoppers, with families from Lahore to Karachi, Peshawar to Islamabad, thronging markets in search of Eid essentials, making it one of the busiest weekends in Pakistan’s retail calendar. As Ramazan nears its end, media reports show bazaars and shopping hubs across Pakistan bustling […]
WB expresses satisfaction over flood rehabilitation project
Sindh Senior Minister and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the World Bank’s declaration rating the performance of the Sindh Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project as satisfactory is proof of the Sindh government’s effective planning. In a statement, he said that more than 7.2 million people benefited from […]
KP govt expedites work on flood mitigation programme; MPAs told
Irrigation Minister Riaz Khan here Monday informed KP Assembly that work on floods mitigation programme has been expedited to provide relief to masses. He said for flood rehabilitation after 2022, work is ongoing on ADP projects under the south and north divisions by the provincial government. The Minister was responding to MPA Aiman Jaleel call […]
Punjab, Türkiye push wider cooperation on flood management, clean transport
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif met President of EU Harmonization Committee & Member of Turkish Grand National Assembly Burhan Kaya Turk. She warmly welcomed the Turkish delegation. During the meeting, both sides held a comprehensive discussion on bilateral relations, economic cooperation, environmental issues and parliamentary affairs. She expressed profound gratitude to the government and […]
Flood aid distribution begins prior to survey completion: Azma
Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Azma Bokhari said that 95% of the flood recovery survey under the Chief Minister’s Flood Rehabilitation Program has been completed. She stated that Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz initiated financial assistance for the flood-affected families without waiting for the survey’s completion, ensuring timely relief for the victims. Azma Bokhari added […]