District of Haripur, Pakistan, orders residents living on riverbanks to move to higher ground as heavy rains cut off several villages from main city

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The district administration has issued an alert of continuous heavy rain in Haripur and has issued an alert to move to safe places living on the banks of the river Ord and the river Indus. Haripur has been experiencing intermittent heavy rain for the past several hours. Due to rain, electricity has been cut in Haripur for the last three hours. After the heavy rain, the river channels changed, while the GT road started to present a river scene. After which the local population has come under water. The district administration has issued an alert that those living in the waterways should move to safer places. The DC has instructed the people living on the banks of Ord and Indus rivers to move to safer places. People have also been facing difficulties due to the closure of various communication roads due to rain. Various villages have been cut off from Haripur city by land, while according to the Meteorological Department, the rain is likely to continue for the next three days.