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.

While the Sutlej river is brimming at danger level, the flow in the Beas came down, lowering the water level in affected areas of Kapurthala's Sultanpur Lodhi by 1.5 ft.

After creating havoc in nearly 30 villages situated in the Mand (low-lying) areas of Sultanpur Lodhi, the water flow in the Beas river dropped by 74,000 cusecs on Thursday after it was recorded at 2.35 lakh cusecs, the maximum flow of the season, on Monday.

But the relief from Beas might be short-lived as the BBMB released 99,963 cusecs from the Pong reservoir. Similarly, the...