India warns Pakistan of fresh cross-border flooding as rains swell Punjab rivers

ISLAMABAD: India has warned Pakistan of fresh cross-border flooding in Sutlej as rains in upper parts of Pakistan continue to swell rivers in the eastern Punjab province, the Pakistani water resources ministry said on Friday, amid an already high flood situation at Trimmu and Panjnad headworks in the province. Pakistan’s Punjab has been facing an emergency as monsoon floods have killed 46 people, displaced 1.8 million and inundated 1.3 million acres of agricultural land in the country’s breadbasket province over the last two weeks, official data shows.

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