Overview

• Punjab’s Irrigation Department has mobilized teams and heavy machinery to work from both sides on Nooraja Bhatta Dam and nearby embankments.
• Crews are paving an access path on the Lodhran side and filling a breach on the motorway side to block further inundation.
• Water velocity and levels are being tracked through gauges with hourly checks, and the chief minister is receiving updates from Jalalpur city every hour.
• Authorities say water moving toward the motorway is gradually decreasing, and work to plug six identified cracks on both sides is set to begin.
• A cabinet team led by Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb is overseeing relief in Alipur as officials note severe displacement and crop losses across the area.