MUZAFFARGARH: The district government announced on Saturday that flood threats had vanished and those who vacated the city could return to their homes.
Talking to reporters, District Coordination Officer Farasat Iqbal said the emergency situation was not any more and city areas were safe from any imminent flooding.
He told municipal officials to spray the area to save people from misquotes. He said the district government set up 46 relief camps, which were being monitored by officials. He said he cancelled leaves of schoolteachers and gave them charge of relief camps.
The district government had announced evacuation of the city on Monday because of flood threats from Tulhairy Canal and River Chenab. Now, irrigation officials have diverted Tulhairy Canal water to Chenab.
After the announcement by the district government, thousands of people started returning to their homes and a huge rush was seen on Multan-Muzaffargarh Road.
Around 750,000 people left the city and most of them went to deserts near Mahmood Kot and DG Khan Road.
Finance EDO Amjad Ali said free shuttle bus service started here from city to Mahmood Kot and Baseera to facilitate thousands of people. Two trains arranged by State Minister on Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar are transporting people from Multan to Muzaffargarh.
On the other hand, water gushing out of breaches in Muzaffargarh Canal entered western side of Shehr Sultan town on Saturday. High flood in the River Chenab is also threatening a spur protecting Shehr Sultan, a town of 50,000 people.
Rana Zulfiqar, a resident of the town, said Shehr Sultan was threatened by Indus and Chenab rivers and the district government had ordered evacuation from the city.
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