LAHORE:
The waters of the floods of the Ravi River became Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur on Wednesday, immersing its patio and stopping the pilgrimage in one of the most sacred sites of Sijismo.
The images of the field showed the marble steps of the sanctuary and the patio completely flooded, since the flood water spread in the complex during the night. Around 200 to 300 pilgrims were stranded in the Kartarpur corridor, with the armed forces called to carry out rescue operations.
Officials of the Evacuee Trust Property Board confirmed that Floodwater had leaked in the complex, reaching almost three feet in some areas and forcing pilgrimages to a sudden high.
The Punjab Government had placed the disaster management agencies on a maximum alert on Tuesday, warning of the risks of flooding “exceptionally high” as implacable monsoon rains, glacial fusion and the release of water from the combined Indian dams to swell the Pakistan rivers.
Since then, almost 190,000 people have been evacuated from flooded villages, with military and rescue agencies struggling to protect communities throughout Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej.
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But the threat is not limited to Pakistan. On the other side of the border, in the Punjab district of Gurdaspur of India, the historical city of Dera Baba Nanak, home of another sacred sanctuary Sij, is in precarious conditions, with increasing levels of rivers fed by heavy continuous rains in the areas of upper collection, particularly Himachal Pradesh and India of Jammu and Kashmir (iiojk).
The city has immense religious importance. It is directly located in front of Kartarpur and is linked to Pakistan by the Kartarpur corridor without historical visas. Since 2019, the corridor allows thousands of Indian pilgrims to visit the sanctuary in Narowal, where Baba Guru Nanak, the founder of Sijismo, spent his last days.
For now, the central structure of Kartarpur is still sure since its high platform has saved it from immediate damage.
River levels remain high
Water levels in the main rivers and reservoirs of Pakistan are still critically high, with inputs that exceed 1.2 million cusecs, while the waters of the floods continue to advance downstream to Punjab.
The authorities reported both large -scale evacuations and extensive rescue efforts as concerns about the security of communities along the Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers.
According to the Water and Energy Development Authority (WAPDA), the Indo River in Tarbela registered an entry of 240,000 Cusecs and output of 245,400 CUSECs.
In mangla in the Jhelum, the entrance was 34,000 Cusecs and flow of 8,000 Cusecs. Chashma saw inputs of 326,600 Cusecs and exits of 329,000 Cusecs, while in the head marala in the Chenab, the tickets reached 107,500 Cusecs against 89,500 Cusecs.
