Floodwaters recede in Sultanpur Lodhi, normalcy begins to return

India, Sept. 11 -- After nearly a month of devastation, floodwaters have finally begun to recede in Sultanpur Lodhi's Mand area, allowing residents to return to their homes with belongings and livesto... Read More

Kapurthala needs sand bags to reinforce bundhs, not ration

Jalandhar, Sept. 11 -- Relief material, comprising ration and tarpaulin, has been pouring in for residents of flood-affected villages of Kapurthala in Doaba when the demand on the ground is for sand b... Read More

Floodwaters recede in Sultanpur Lodhi, normalcy begins to return

Kapurthala, Sept. 11 -- After nearly a month of devastation, floodwaters have finally begun to recede in Sultanpur Lodhi's Mand area, allowing residents to return to their homes with belongings and li... Read More

Alarm after breach in dhussi bundh, no damage to farmland

Nawanshahr, Sept. 10 -- A 100-feet-wide breach was reported in the dhussi bundh (embankment) of the Sutlej River near Burj Tehal Das village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (SBS Nagar) district on Tuesd... Read More

water level in Dams recedes

Jalandhar, Sept. 9 -- The water levels in Bhakra, Pong and Ranjit Sagar dams, built over Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers, have receded slightly owing to decrease in inflows and sustained discharges. As p... Read More

Breach in embankment puts 10 Kapurthala villages at risk

Kapurthala, Sept. 8 -- The Beas River continued to wreak havoc in Kapurthala district after an 8-km-long advance embankment, built by farmers to protect nearly 5,000 acres of agricultural land, develo... Read More

85% of state's flood victims in 7 dists

Jalandhar, Sept. 7 -- Punjab is grappling with its most devastating floods in nearly four decades, as all 23 districts of the state have been declared disaster-hit. However, seven districts - Gurdaspu... Read More

Flood situation eases in Doaba, admn shifts focus on repair works

Jalandhar, Sept. 6 -- With the flood situation under control, the district administrations in Kapurthala, SBS Nagar, and Jalandhar districts have turned their attention to reinforcing embankments alon... Read More

Day after bail, MLA Raman Arora arrested in fresh extortion case

Jalandhar, Sept. 5 -- A day after the Punjab and Haryana high court granted Jalandhar Central AAP MLA Raman Arora bail, the Jalandhar commissionerate police arrested him in another case of extortion a... Read More

Brimming Bhakra, Pong spell more trouble for Doaba region

Jalandhar, Sept. 5 -- With the two dams over the Sutlej and Beas-Bhakra and Pong-brimming, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) ramped up discharges, spelling more trouble for the Doaba region. Whi... Read More

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