India, Aug. 26 -- The swollen Beas river on Tuesday inundated low-lying areas in the mand area of Kapurthala district with 15-20 feet of water accumulating in the paddy fields.
The mand area, which is located between the Beas and Dhussi bundh, the main embankment managed by the state government, remained disconnected from the mainland.
At present, 1.55 lakh cusecs of water is flowing in the Beas river due to heavy rainfall in the catchment areas in Himachal Pradesh.
On Tuesday morning, the advance embankment at Aahli Kalan village got breached, inundating nearly 30,000 acres of paddy crop. The villagers were strengthening this embankment for the past 10 days as it acted as a shield to save farmland of 30 villages, which hardly have any...
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