The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued an alert for the Ravi River from Aug 30 to Sept 3.

It said that the river was expected to overflow “due to heavy rainfall in the upper catchment areas and increased water discharge from the Thein Dam”.

“The water flow at Balloki on the Ravi River is currently 146,995 cusecs and rising,” the NDMA said, adding that the increase in discharge was expected to raise the water level downstream and subsequently flow toward Sidhnai.