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Punjab Declares Monsoon Over as Rivers Stabilise, Recovery Phase Begins

Officials signal a pivot toward repair work, loss surveys and compensation.

Overview

  • PDMA and the relief commissioner report river flows back to normal across Punjab with the Sutlej still slightly elevated, marking the formal end of the 2025 monsoon.
  • Authorities cite 127 confirmed deaths and more than 4,700 villages affected, with 4.755 million people impacted and 2.62 million moved to safer locations through hundreds of relief and medical camps.
  • Floods damaged roughly 2.58 million acres of farmland, with reported crop losses including rice at about 15 percent, sugarcane around 13–22 percent, maize heavily hit and cotton about 5 percent, as over two million animals were relocated.
  • Infrastructure repairs are underway after significant damage, with stretches of the M-5 still shut and additional sections reported washed out near Multan, while the Jalalpur–Lodhran road remains closed and a key rail link near Khanewal was disrupted.
  • Field reports describe lingering localised flooding in the Sutlej belt and parts of Sindh, including an embankment breach near Bakhri and medium flows at Guddu and Kotri, even as official cusec readings show broad stabilisation and dams near capacity.