Evacuation of more than 100 thousand people in Pakistan.
According to Sputnik news agency, more than 100,000 people in Pakistan’s Punjab state were relocated from their self-evacuated homes to higher areas due to floods caused by monsoon rains.
According to this news agency, the evacuation operation has been going on for 3 weeks by the relief forces. Most of the people of Bahawalpur and Kasur have been evacuated.
Relief and rescue officials reported that the Sutlej River in Punjab state has overflowed due to monsoon rains and the surrounding areas have been flooded.
The National Disaster Management Agency of Pakistan also announced that the water level of Ravi River is normal now; But the Sutlej river may overflow again this week.
Monsoons in Pakistan cause a lot of damage every year from June to September.
1,739 people lost their lives due to floods caused by monsoon rains in Pakistan last year.
The cost of compensation for damages caused by this accident was announced to be more than 30 billion dollars.
