Hoshiarpur/Kapurthala/Fazilka, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Fazilka, Phazilka, Ferozeppur and Taran Taran districts of Punjab continued to have a situation in many villages, as due to inflammation in view of heavy rains in cruelty areas.
The agricultural sector in the affected areas remained submerged, in which farmers feared heavy losses due to crop damage. They are apprehensive by the same amount of damage during floods in 2023.
Senior officials of the district administration are visiting the affected areas to take stock of the situation and are claiming widespread arrangements for residences, food, clean drinking water, medical supply and livestock fodder for the displaced residents.
The release of water from Pong Dam Talwara in Hoshiarpur district continued after heavy rains in the upper catchment areas of the river.
Around 60,000 cusecs of water was being discharged from the dam through Spilway Gates and Turbine tunnels, while its current water level was 1,382 feet, which was close to the upper limit capacity of 1,390 feet.
The dam in the dam reservoir stood at around 88,000 cusecs. Official sources said that about 1.06 lakh cusecs were flowing in the Beas river.
Officials said the officials of Hoshiarpur district have started vacating people from many villages in Tanda region, as the risk of floods has increased as a precautionary measure after the continuous release of water from Pong Dam.
Tanda Sub-Divisional Magistrate Parampret Singh said that the administration has been informed that another 15,000 cusecs of water could be issued from the dam.
He said, “For the safety of life and property, announcements are being made to vacate the villages torn, Rara Mand, Abdullapur and Talhi, while the residents of Meva Miani and Gandhowal are asked to be vigilant,” he said.
The administration has started transferring people to nearby relief camps. Officials said that in some villages, they left the residents for safe places before the official warning.
Officials said that the crops standing in the lower level fields have been burnt in the villages of Gandhwal, Rara Mand, Talhi, Abdullapur, Mewa Miani and Fata Kin.
Abdullapur sarpanch Jaswant Singh said that his village was surrounded by water from all sides and was cut from neighboring areas.
He said, “The only access has been done by boats. The administration has provided a boat. Some houses at the bottom of the village have already been filled with water,” he said.
He said that only two to three families and about 10-15 others stayed back to the village to protect their belongings, while most went to the homes of other relatives or took shelter in a gurdwara in the nearby Ibrahimpur village.
About 100 displaced people, including women and children, are living there.
The sarpanch said that about 500 acres of fields in Abdullapur and the neighboring villages were under the river water, most of which were paddy crops.
Gurmeet Singh, a farmer from Abdullahpur, who now takes refuge with his family at Ibrahimpur Gurdwara, said that he has been living there for almost a week.
He said, “We are being provided with food and water by the gurdwaras of the villages.
He appreciated the efforts of the volunteers of the Baba Deep Singh Seva Dal and the Welfare Society, who are harassing people inside and outside the village on their motorboats.
Gurmeet Singh said that his entire 10 acres of contract was submerged and about 200 acres of village fields were flooded.
In Kapurthala, there was no relief from the swollen Beas River. Due to the increase in water level, an advanced embankment may be damaged in the village Ahlikalan, Sultanpur Lodhi.
More than 20 villages in the Mand area of Sultanpur Lodhi have been affected by the increase in water level.
Journal Singh of village Bupur sowed more than 10 acres of paddy crops, said that his entire crop was washed away by the heavy flow of the river Beas.
Indrajit Singh, another farmer from Bapur Bajid village, was also worried as his crops were sown more than 35 acres of water.
Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar Panchal on Monday reviewed the flood relief operation in the affected areas of Sultanpur Lodhi to ensure fast and effective assistance distribution.
Panchal inspected the relief center at Lakh Verh, where there has been extensive arrangements for residences, food, clean drinking water, medical supply and livestock fodder for the displaced residents.
He said that the Beas River is carrying 1.10 lakh cusecs of water flow in the last few days.
In Fazilka district, Senior Superintendent of Police Gurmeet Singh along with Deputy Commissioner Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu visited the border villages along the Indo-Pak border to take stock of the situation.
He said that the water discharge from Hussainiwala Headworks in the Sutlees River has reduced by 18,000 cusecs.
DC inspected villages including Mahatam Nagar, Teja Ruhela, Chak Ruhela, Rit Wali Bhani, Gulab Wali Bhani and Dhani Sada Singh.
He said that all the inhabited areas of these villages are completely safe and no flood waters have entered the residential areas.
Sandhu traveled by a tractor to reach the remote haemlet located in the fields and interacted with the residents to assess his position.
In Amritsar, Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sahni visited villages along the Ravi River in Ajnala and reviewed the flood-prone areas.
He said that there are all arrangements to complete any emergency, their teams have deployed there during the clock and there is no need to panic.
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