Authorities going ‘extra mile’ in the absence of flood data

• Officials having to rely on ‘less credible sources’ in the absence of river flow information from India • Action to clear Ravi riverbed of ‘temporary encroachments’ on the cards LAHORE: The Punjab government has asked the irrigation department to prepare for flooding under the ‘high-alert category’, amid prevailing uncertainty about river flows due to India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. A source privy to a meeting chaired by Lahore Commissioner Nauman Yousaf told Dawn ...

By none@none.com (Khalid Hasnain)