AMRITSAR, Sept. 22 -- Gurdaspur member of Parliament (MP) Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has called for a high-level investigation into the collapse of three floodgates at Madhopur headworks, following the release of water from Ranjit Sagar Dam.

In a letter to Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday, Randhawa questioned the decision to suspend three officials, including an executive engineer and SDO, and demanded that accountability be fixed at the highest level.

The incident occurred on August 27, when the release of over 6 lakh cusecs of water from Ranjit Sagar Dam on the night of August 26 caused catastrophic flooding across Amritsar and Gurdaspur. Randhawa criticised the government for what he called an "administrative and technica...