{"id":21626,"date":"2025-08-11T13:46:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21626"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:46:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:46:45","slug":"india-may-release-water-into-sutlej-river-within-next-72-hours-pdma-issues-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/08\/11\/india-may-release-water-into-sutlej-river-within-next-72-hours-pdma-issues-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"India may release water into Sutlej river within next 72 hours; PDMA issues alert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued a flood alert for the Sutlej River and its connected streams, warning of a possible low-level flood at Ganda Singh Wala.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authority said India may release water into the river within the next 72 hours, which, along with the release from upstream reservoirs, could increase the water flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PDMA Director General Irfan Ali Kathia said water levels in Indian dams have risen significantly over the past week, with Bhakra Dam now 61 percent full, Pong Dam at 76 percent, and Thein Dam at 64 percent. Commissioners of Lahore, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur, Multan, and Dera Ghazi Khan, as well as deputy commissioners of Kasur, Okara, Pakpattan, Bahawalnagar, Vehari, Lodhran, Bahawalpur, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, and Rahim Yar Khan, have been placed on alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PDMA, IRSA, and the irrigation department are monitoring the situation round the clock. Alerts have also been issued to the local government, agriculture, health, forestry, livestock, and transport departments. 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