{"id":94396,"date":"2025-05-24T15:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/citizens-authorities-on-alert-amid-heavy-rain-across-punjab\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:03:07","slug":"citizens-authorities-on-alert-amid-heavy-rain-across-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/citizens-authorities-on-alert-amid-heavy-rain-across-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens, authorities on alert amid heavy rain across Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) urged citizens and provincial authorities to remain alert as heavy rain lashed several parts of Punjab on Saturday.<\/p>\n

PDMA Director General (DG) Irfan Ali Kathia directed deputy commissioners and rescue agencies across the province to remain alert amid reports of wind and rain in various districts of Punjab, a statement by the PDMA said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRelevant departments to be on alert to deal with emergency situations,\u201d the statement read, adding that the provincial control room and all district emergency operation centres have also been alerted.<\/p>\n

The situation was being monitored 24\/7 in the PDMA control room, DG Kathia said.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cCitizens should be careful and stay away from electric poles and hanging wires.<\/p>\n

\u201cStay in safe places to avoid lightning. Never stay in open places during bad weather and lightning. Avoid unnecessary travel and drive slowly.\u201d<\/p>\n

PDMA spokesperson Mazhar Hussain said, \u201cThe public can call PDMA helpline 1129 for assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Motorway Police spokesperson Syed Imran Ahmed said that M2 Motorway from Thokar to Kot Momin, M3 Motorway from Faizpur to Darkhana and Lahore-Sialkot Motorway were all closed due to the severe weather.<\/p>\n

\u201cMotorways are closed to ensure public safety and safe travel,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Separately, the roof of a local factory in Sheikhupura collapsed due to a strong wind, killing a worker from Sadiqabad and seriously injuring five others, state media Pakistan Television<\/em> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The report stated that Rescue 1122 teams pulled out the dead body and the injured from the rubble and shifted them to the Sheikhupura District Headquarters Hospital.<\/p>\n

A day earlier, the PDMA issued<\/a> an alert about wind and dust storms in different areas of Punjab.<\/p>\n

It said that the wind and dust storms would continue today with a possibility of rain in Rawalpindi, Murree, Attock, Chakwal, Mandi Bahauddin, Gujrat, Jhelum, Gujranwala, Lahore, Kasur, Sialkot, Narowal, Faisalabad, Okara, Toba Tek Singh, Jhang, Khushab, Sargodha and Mianwali.<\/p>\n

There would be rain in the south Punjab areas, including Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar, it added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) urged citizens and provincial authorities to remain alert as heavy rain lashed several parts of Punjab on Saturday. PDMA Director General (DG) Irfan Ali Kathia directed deputy commissioners and rescue agencies across the province to remain alert amid reports of wind and rain in various districts of Punjab, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2025\/05\/241944340e3db0d.png?r=195236","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t