{"id":16395,"date":"2025-08-11T12:05:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=16395"},"modified":"2025-08-11T12:05:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:05:47","slug":"pdma-forecasts-next-spell-of-monsoon-rains-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=16395","title":{"rendered":"PDMA forecasts next spell of monsoon rains in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has forecast the next spell of monsoon rains from August 13 and issued a flood advisory.<\/p>\n<p>According to a PDMA spokesperson, advisories have been issued for the Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum rivers, as well as adjacent streams and nullahs, warning of potential flooding due to the rains.<\/p>\n<p>The PDMA warned that water levels in major rivers across Punjab could rise during the seventh spell of monsoon rains.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners, deputy commissioners and relevant departments across the province have been instructed to remain on alert.<\/p>\n<p>Departments placed on high alert include local government, agriculture, irrigation, health, forests, livestock and transport.<\/p>\n<p>PDMA Director General Irfan Ali Kathia directed all departments to complete preparations in advance in line with the Punjab Chief Minister\u2019s instructions.<\/p>\n<p>He said staff at emergency control rooms must remain on duty 24 hours a day and Rescue 1122\u2019s disaster response teams should also stay on high alert.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have been instructed to keep the public updated on the situation, ensure the evacuation of houses and livestock from riverbeds, and encourage compliance with issued safety measures.<\/p>\n<p>Appealing to the public, the DG advised against swimming in rivers, canals, streams and ponds, and urged cooperation with authorities in the event of an emergency evacuation.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens have been told to contact PDMA\u2019s helpline 1129 in case of emergencies.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has forecast the next spell of monsoon rains from August 13 and issued a flood advisory. According to a PDMA spokesperson, advisories have been issued for the Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum rivers, as well as adjacent streams and nullahs, warning of potential flooding due to the rains. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}