US EditionPakistan Blows up Dam Embankment as Flood Surge Looms
Pakistan breached a dam embankment to reduce flood pressure, causing floodwaters to submerge Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara and surrounding areas, with 210,000 people evacuated, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Narowal district, Pakistan was submerged after large volumes of water were released into the Ravi River, with visuals showing the entire complex waterlogged and submerged.
- Heavy monsoon rains and swollen transboundary rivers intensified flows as India released water from upstream dams, raising Ravi's levels, while Pakistan authorities conducted controlled explosions at Qadirabad dam on Wednesday.
- Rescue teams used five boats to evacuate around 100 people stranded amid two to three feet of water inside the Darbar Sahib, while officials said the sacred Saroop and sevadars remain safe on the first floor and the army aided wider evacuations.
- The Kartarpur Corridor has been closed since April 22, 2025, with Mazhar Hussain saying `To save the structure, we have breached the right marginal embankment so that the flow of the water reduces` and Irfan Ali urging evacuation due to highest river flow since 1988.
- The floods have triggered province-wide alerts across Punjab province, home to nearly half of Pakistan's 255 million people, while this year’s monsoon has killed more than 800 since June and Islamabad's foreign ministry said New Delhi gave advance notice before opening spillways.
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Controlled blast carried out near embankment at Qadirabad amid flood threat
Commuters wade past the water in the flooded area of Narowal, a town of Punjab, on August 27, 2025. — AFPNAROWAL: Authorities carried out a controlled blast on an embankment beside a rain-swollen dam on Wednesday, as floodwaters submerged one of the holiest Sikh sites.Torrential rains across...
Heartland under water siege
Punjab was hit by catastrophic floods triggered by heavy rains and worsened by India's release of water, prompting the provincial government to call in the army for a massive relief and rescue operation across several districts. In extraordinary measures to save lives and protect critical infrastructure, authorities deliberately breached an embankment near the Qadirabad headworks on the Chenab River to ease pressure on the structure and reduce t…
Punjab breaches dam embankment to manage flood sur...
NAROWAL: Authorities in Punjab carried out a controlled explosion on an embankment of the Qadirabad dam along the Chenab River on Wednesday to ease pressure from rising floodwaters. The move came as parts of the province faced a severe flood threat, with water levels in major rivers continuing to swell. The officials said the breach was necessary to protect the dam structure. “To save the structure, we opened the right embankment so that the wat…
In the face of devastating floods, Pakistan is acting by piercing a dam to avoid further disasters.
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