Overview

• India’s High Commission in Islamabad relayed the advisory on Sunday on humanitarian grounds, according to officials cited by multiple outlets.
• Pakistani authorities issued warnings and moved residents to safety in Punjab, with officials reporting roughly 20,000 evacuations in recent hours.
• The India Meteorological Department placed several Jammu and Kashmir districts under red or orange alerts, with the Tawi crossing the evacuation level at Udhampur on Tuesday morning.
• Operators at the Baglihar and Salal hydropower projects opened spill gates to release excess water as inflows surged.
• Heavy rain disrupted transport, with the Jammu–Srinagar highway closed by landslides and rail traffic curtailed near Pathankot as bridges and roads suffered damage.