The Jhang district administration has stated that all embankments on the Chenab River are secure, District Information Officer Riaz Marath has told Dawn.com.

“Yesterday, the embankment near Rewaz Bridge was breached in order to save Jhang city and the Trimmu Barrage,” the spokesperson said. “Floodwater has entered more than 100 rural settlements and crops, but people and their animals have been evacuated.”