The Punjab PDMA has said in a statement that it will need to breach an embankment on the Sutlej River in order to protect Kasur from severe flooding.

“Increased water flow from India means that water in the Sutlej is rushing towards Kasur,” PDMA Director General Irfan Ali Kathia was quoted as saying. “We are forced to breach the Rahimyar embankment in order to save Kasur.”

The statement added that Rescue 1122, the PDMA and the Punjab government are carrying out the operation.