Flood situation eases in Doaba, admn shifts focus on repair works
Jalandhar, Sept. 6 -- With the flood situation under control, the district administrations in Kapurthala, SBS Nagar, and Jalandhar districts have turned their attention to reinforcing embankments along the Beas and Sutlej rivers.
Both the Beas and Sutlej rivers are flowing at a steady pace. Beas recorded the flow of 1.72 lakh cusecs at the Dhilwan gauge in Kapurthala, while Sutlej's flow was recorded at 1.34 lakh cusecs at Gidderpindi in Jalandhar.
SBS Nagar deputy commissioner Ankurjeet Singh said the heavy erosion was reported at a dhussi bundh in Tajewal-Mandala location due to heavy flow of water and was promptly repaired and strengthened by army personnel and locals.
"We have been providing all the requisite material to villagers to strengthen the embankment," he said. Jalandhar DC Himanshu Aggarwal said all the vulnerable points on dhussi embankment in Jalandhar's Phillaur, Nakodar, and Shahkot were being monitored round the clock. "Teams of NDRF have been deployed on the Gidderpindi railway bridge to remove raw vegetation in order to avoid any sort of hindrance in water flow," he said.
In Ludhiana, with the Sutlej river water levels rising dangerously, the district administration issued an alert and urged residents of nearby villages to immediately move to safer places.
A four-member central team visited Kapurthala district and surveyed the flood-affected areas in Sultanpur Lodhi on Friday.
The team, comprising Laxman Ram Buldak, director, agriculture, RK Tiwari, CEA, ministry of power, Sudeep Dutta, Under Secretary, union ministry of rural development, Prakash Chand, deputy director, ministry of Jal Shakti, took a boat ride to assess the situation. Kapurthala deputy commissioner Amit Kumar Panchal briefed the team about the flow of the Beas River and about the losses incurred by people in the mand area of Sultanpur Lodhi. The teams also interacted with the affected families at Baupur and Sangra.
"We have provided detailed information about losses in Kapurthala district," the DC said. The central team also met the officials of revenue, PSPCL, animal husbandry, agricultural, and education departments....
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