Jalandhar, Aug. 30 -- The water level in the Pong Dam reservoir receded by two feet in the past 48 hours, but it was still one foot above the danger mark, signalling little respite for mand areas (low-lying) in Hoshairpur and Kapurthala districts, where several acres of farmland have remained submerged deep under water for the last 15 days. Built over the Beas, the current water level in Pong was 1391.28 feet on Friday after the reservoir recorded the highest level of 1393.61 feet on Wednesday. Its maximum filling capacity is 1,390 feet. The water inflow was recorded 72,214 cusecs at 5pm on Friday. The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) released 1.09 lakh cusecs of water into the Beas through floodgates and turbines. Meanwhile, after an abrupt increase in the water level in the Beas river for the past two days, the flow has come down to 2 lakh cusecs from Thursday's high of 2.35 lakh cusecs. As many as 192 villages of Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur districts remained largely affected due to floods. Thousands of acres of agricultural land had remained submerged in water for the past over 15 days. People from other districts have come in support of affected and displaced farmers in the mand area. Trolleys loaded with sand for strengthening of embankments have been brought from Moga, Jalandhar, and Faridkot, besides dry fodder for livestock and rations. "Over 800 villages, 300 government schools, and crops belonging to 3 lakh farmers have been affected by the floods. The current water flow in the Beas has broken all the previous records," said Rajya Sabha member Balbir Singh Seechewal. Revenue minister Hardeep Singh Mundian said that relief operations are being carried out on a war footing. The divers on Friday fished out the body of a 35-year-old man from the floodwaters in the mand Dhilwan area. DSP Karnail Singh said the deceased, identified as Buta Mohammad, had been missing since Thursday morning. Seechewal has written a letter to PM Narendra Modi demanding that the floods be declared a natural calamity urging chief minister Bhagwant Mann to strongly present the state's case before the Centre....