Jalandhar, Sept. 4 -- With the Sutlej brimming at its peak in Doaba, the Indian Army has been brought in for strengthening vulnerable points at Dhussi bandh in Jalandhar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar districts.

On Wednesday, over 2.10 lakh cusecs of water was flowing in Sutlej, highest since the 2019 floods, when it was 2.65 lakh cusecs. During the 2023 floods, even as the river's water flow remained below 1.60 lakh cusecs, breaches had created havoc in Jalandhar's Shahkot and Lothian area.

The river's water-holding capacity, while crossing through parts of SBS Nagar and Jalandhar's Phillaur, Lohian and Shahkot, before it enters into Ferozepur in Malwa, is less than 2 lakh cusecs water.

With overnight torrential rainfall adding to the...