The Kartarpur Gurdwara in the Kartarpur area has been submerged with flood waters on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 27, 2025. The flood has also inundated homes, fields, and even the revered Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur. Images and videos circulating on social media show the shrine surrounded by floodwaters. Floodwaters have stranded more than 100 staff members of the Kartarpur Project Management Unit.
According to the rescue officials, the staff are in the process of being evacuated, with district emergency teams employed to secure them. According to the district administration spokesperson, families and their livestock are being shifted to secure places as the situation worsens. Even the road leading to the Kartarpur Gurdwara Darbar Sahib has also been flooded.
A flood alert has been issued, and residents have been strictly instructed to stay away from the river banks. The administration confirmed that the rising water levels have already submerged several villages, leaving crops damaged and disrupting livelihoods across the district. The spokesman noted that the relief efforts are underway.
Authorities in Punjab have so far evacuated thousands of people from areas surrounding the rivers Sutlej, Chenab, and Ravi, which are facing exceptionally high floods with the combination of the torrential rains as well as the water released by India from its dam into Pakistan. Both countries, India and Pakistan, have been ravaged by intense monsoons and flooding in recent weeks.
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Two headworks at Chenab, one each at Ragi and Sutlej, are at exceptionally high flood levels. Another point in Punjab is in a very high flood, while five headworks in the Indus River are experiencing low flood. TDMA has warned of high floods in Ragi and Jassar. As per the TDMA, over 32,500 people have been evacuated so far from river areas. Sialkot is the most affected area in this ongoing flood and rain event. A 49-year rain record has been broken in Sialkot, with more showers expected across Punjab. Today, India has opened all gates of its major dams and rivers in occupied Kashmir following heavy rains and warned Pakistan of the possibility of downstream flooding.