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ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The Chenab River was again in high flood at Marala on Wednesday with the waterflow increasing as India released water from the reservoirs in Occupied Kashmir a day earlier.
On late Tuesday night, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) had issued an alert for high-level flood in Marala downstream of River Chenab, instructing the public to adopt precautionary measures and cooperate with district administration and rescue agencies.
Just over two hours earlier, the PDMA had warned that Chenab would be in high-level flood for the next 24 hours Wednesday at Marala, Khanki, and Qadirabad.
Around 4pm. the waterflow at Marala Headworks was recorded at 548,235 cusecs.
