Jalandhar, Sept. 3 -- In what can be a double blow for the Doaba region, the swollen Sutlej is now threatening to flood more areas, even as the Beas continues to wreak havoc, inundating vast swathes of land in Kapurthala's Sultanpur Lodhi.

On Tuesday, the Jalandhar district administration has alerted the people residing on the banks of the Sutlej in Phillaur, Lohian, and Shahkot areas to move to safer places.

"The Sutlej is carrying 1.64 lakh cusecs of water at 7pm. So far, all the embankments are safe, and no breach has been reported. However, the people residing in the vicinity in the low-lying areas have been asked to shift to safer places or to government relief centres," said Jalandhar DC Himanshu Aggarwal.

The water in the Sutlej...