Authorities have placed Lahore and surrounding areas on high alert as rivers across Punjab continue to experience exceptionally high flood levels. The Chenab at Qadirabad and Khanki headworks, the Ravi at Shahdara, and the Sutlej at Ganda Singh Wala are all at critical stages, according to the Flood Forecasting Division (FFD).
At least 15 people have died in Punjab province as monsoon-fed rivers surged downstream from India, officials confirmed late Wednesday. Meanwhile, Sindh province is bracing for potential flooding amid forecasts of further rainfall.
Reuters reported that India, following heavy downpours, opened all gates of major dams in its part of the Kashmir region, warning Pakistan of possible downstream flooding.
ہنگامی اطلاع: دریائے راوی میں شدید سیلابی صورتحال
اپڈیٹ، 27 اگست 2025، صبح 1:29 بجے
دریائے راوی میں سیلابی صورتحال انتہائی سنگین ہے۔ جسر کے مقام پر بہاؤ 2 لاکھ کیوسک سے تجاوز کر چکا ہے جو کہ غیر معمولی بلند سیلابی سطح ہے۔کوٹ نینا کے مقام پر بہاؤ 2.5 لاکھ کیوسک تک پہنچ گیا ہے۔ pic.twitter.com/fCSaSFsRtd— NDMA PAKISTAN (@ndmapk) August 26, 2025
By Wednesday noon, outflows at Shahdara Headworks on the Ravi had exceeded 185,000 cusecs, rising from “very high” to “extreme” flood levels. At Qadirabad, outflows were recorded at more than 800,000 cusecs, while Khanki registered over 620,000 cusecs. Although water levels there have begun to decline, the volume remains dangerously high.
The Ravi’s Jassar and Balloki headworks were experiencing “high” flood levels, while the Chenab at Marala and the Sutlej at Suleimanki were both at “medium” levels.
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt. Gen. Inam Haider Malik noted that floodwaters at Marala were receding, but warned that flows from Khanki and Qadirabad still carried “around one million cusecs.” He explained that water from Jassar would eventually travel downstream to Balloki and Shahdara, adding that levels at Ganda Singh Wala on the Sutlej were continuing to rise.
“In two to three days, all these floodwaters will converge towards Panjnad, and in our assessment, could form a flow of nearly one million cusecs,” the NDMA chief cautioned.
