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 authorities' worries, Jalandhar DC Himanshu Aggarwal roped in the services of two army columns, comprising 24 personnel, to oversee the strengthening of crucial points on Dhussi Bandh at Phillaur's Sangowal village and Shahkot's Gata Mandi Kasu village. "Acting promptly, the army has taken control of the embankment, which was facing serious erosion due to heavy rains and high water flow, without any delay," said Aggarwal. In SBS Nagar, DC Ankurjeet Singh called for one column of the army to take over the bandh at Dhaingarpur village. Singh said the army personnel, along with the help of locals, managed to secure the entire stretch of the bandh at Dhaingarpur village. Meanwhile, nearly 7,200 acres of agricultural land in over nearly 20 villages of Jalandhar Cantonment and Nakodar areas remained submerged in water after Chitti Bein, a tributary of Sutlej river, overflowed in several parts....