Ferozepur, Sept. 6 -- The discharge from Harike Headworks dropped from 3,05,000 cusecs on Thursday evening to 2,75,000 cusecs by Friday evening, offering slight relief to thousands battling floodwaters in the submerged villages of Ferozepur and Fazilka.

Earlier on Thursday, the discharge had peaked at 3,30,667 cusecs, mounting worries across the 102 villages affected in Ferozepur and 79 in Fazilka. But by Friday evening, the water level receded by 1 to 1.5 feet.

A central government team comprising Sudeep Dutta, under secretary, ministry of rural development; Lakshman Ram Buldak, director, agriculture; Prakash Chand, deputy director, ministry of jal shakti; and RK Tiwari, central electricity authority, ministry of power, visited flood-h...