‘No Flood Threat’ as River Jhelum water levels decline

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SARGODHA: The Irrigation Department on Saturday confirmed a consistent and reassuring decline in water levels at River Jhelum near the Khushab Bridge, ruling out any flood threat in low-lying or upstream areas. According to the department’s spokesperson, the water flow at 4:00 AM was recorded at 42,151 cusecs, which decreased to 39,925 cusecs by 5:00 AM, and further dropped to 37,699 cusecs by 6:00 AM. The spokesperson described the rate of decline as satisfactory and stated that there was no cause for concern at this time. He said hourly monitoring of inflow and outflow data was being conducted to make sure constant surveillance of the situation. News Desk