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A number of villages in Punjab inundated after water launched from Pong, Bhakra dam

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HOSHIARPUR: A number of villages close to the Beas River in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district and the Sutlej River in Rupnagar district have been inundated following the discharge of extra water from the Pong and the Bhakra dams, officers stated on Tuesday.

Many villagers have been evacuated to protection and the government are maintaining a tally of the placement, they stated.

In Gurdaspur, the district management has additionally requested other people residing in low-lying spaces and close to the banks of the Beas to transport to more secure puts.

In an advisory on Monday, the Punjab authorities had requested citizens of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Tarn Taran districts to not mission close to the Beas after it was once determined that water from the Pong dam can be launched.

The Bhakra dam at the Sutlej and the Pong dam at the Beas — each in Himachal Pradesh — are brimming after heavy rain of their respective catchment spaces.

In Hoshiarpur, a number of farmlands within the Talwara, Hajipur, Dasuya, Tanda and Mukerian villages have been flooded because of water discharge from the Pong dam reservoir, stated the officers.

Water entered the low-lying villages, fields and a few properties positioned close to the Beas river, they stated.

The Beal Sariana village in Hajipur block is underneath two-three ft of water, forcing some villagers to shift to a village gurdwara in Purochak, stated the officers.

Farmlands of Patti Naam Nagar, Handowal, Ulaha, Dhade Karwal and Patti Nve Ghar villages within the Hajipur space and Changarhwan, Chakmirpur and Sathwan in Talwara block are inundated, they stated.

Water additionally entered the fields of Mehtabpur, Mauli and Naushehra villages within the Mukerian block, they added.

Talwara SHO Hargurdev Singh stated 5 migrant labourers have been rescued once they were given trapped close to the Shah Nehar barrage in Talwara because of the discharge of water from the dam.

Some other 15 labourers have been rescued close to Chakmirpur village, the police stated.

9 participants of a circle of relatives in Changharwan village, positioned close to the river, have additionally been rescued.

Hoshiarpur Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal stated the Nationwide Crisis Reaction Drive (NDRF), State Crisis Reaction Drive and non-government organisations are being enlisted for aid operations.

Mittal stated the evacuation paintings in about 15 villages remains to be underway and round 1,000 other people were despatched to aid camps.

The comfort camps were arrange at Bhangala, Atalgarh, Sariana, Gera, Motka, Mehtabpur and Harse Mansar villages.

The management has organized for excavators and tractor-trailers and deputed clinical groups within the flood-affected spaces.

It has additionally arrange round the clock flood keep watch over rooms on the district and the tehsil ranges, Mittal stated.

The location is being intently monitored, she stated and added that no lack of lifestyles has been reported from the flood-affected spaces thus far.

The deputy commissioner stated the Mukerian-Gurdaspur Street has been closed for vehicular site visitors after you have submerged.

Site visitors was once diverted to Gurdaspur by means of Pathankot.

Arun Kumar Sidana, the executive engineer of the Beas dam in Talwara, stated the influx in Pong reservoir is 1.42 lakh cusecs and the water is being discharged in a managed means.

The water stage within the Pong dam is recently at 1,399.65 ft. The extent within the Bhakra dam was once round 1,677 ft on Monday.

In Rupnagar district, about part a dozen villages, together with Bela Dhyani, Bhanam, Palasi in Nangal space, have been inundated following the discharge of extra water from the Bhakra dam.

A number of other people have been trapped of their properties in Bhanam and Decrease Bela villages, positioned close to the Sutlej River, because of a robust present, villagers stated.

Schooling Minister and Anandpur Sahib MLA Harjot Bains stated some villages were affected because of the discharge of water from the Bhakra dam.

Bains stated the individuals are being evacuated to more secure puts and prompt towards any roughly panic.

After heavy rain lashed Himachal Pradesh over the last two days, the surplus water needed to be launched from the Bhakra dam for its protection, Bains stated in a video message.

“I’m at the floor. Because of the discharge (of water) from the Bhakra dam, some villages were critically affected in my constituency. Please do not panic or agree with rumours. We’re evacuating other people in peril zones. The district management and the NDRF are providing complete help,” Bains stated in a put up on X, previously referred to as Twitter.

In Gurdaspur, the district management has directed the citizens of Chechia Chorian, Pakhowal, Kherha, Dalelpur, Padana, Chhina Wager, Nadala, Jagatpur Kalan, Kohlian and Khariaan villages to transport to protection amid a upward push within the Beas’ water stage.

Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Mahajan requested other people to not panic and added that the management is able to care for any state of affairs. He stated other people too can use the helpline to hunt help.

Punjab Leader Secretary Anurag Verma on Monday held a gathering with all deputy commissioners by means of videoconferencing to talk about the placement and requested them to be ready to care for any state of affairs and arrange aid camps, if vital.

HOSHIARPUR: A number of villages close to the Beas River in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district and the Sutlej River in Rupnagar district have been inundated following the discharge of extra water from the Pong and the Bhakra dams, officers stated on Tuesday.

Many villagers have been evacuated to protection and the government are maintaining a tally of the placement, they stated.

In Gurdaspur, the district management has additionally requested other people residing in low-lying spaces and close to the banks of the Beas to transport to more secure puts.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

In an advisory on Monday, the Punjab authorities had requested citizens of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Tarn Taran districts to not mission close to the Beas after it was once determined that water from the Pong dam can be launched.

The Bhakra dam at the Sutlej and the Pong dam at the Beas — each in Himachal Pradesh — are brimming after heavy rain of their respective catchment spaces.

In Hoshiarpur, a number of farmlands within the Talwara, Hajipur, Dasuya, Tanda and Mukerian villages have been flooded because of water discharge from the Pong dam reservoir, stated the officers.

Water entered the low-lying villages, fields and a few properties positioned close to the Beas river, they stated.

The Beal Sariana village in Hajipur block is underneath two-three ft of water, forcing some villagers to shift to a village gurdwara in Purochak, stated the officers.

Farmlands of Patti Naam Nagar, Handowal, Ulaha, Dhade Karwal and Patti Nve Ghar villages within the Hajipur space and Changarhwan, Chakmirpur and Sathwan in Talwara block are inundated, they stated.

Water additionally entered the fields of Mehtabpur, Mauli and Naushehra villages within the Mukerian block, they added.

Talwara SHO Hargurdev Singh stated 5 migrant labourers have been rescued once they were given trapped close to the Shah Nehar barrage in Talwara because of the discharge of water from the dam.

Some other 15 labourers have been rescued close to Chakmirpur village, the police stated.

9 participants of a circle of relatives in Changharwan village, positioned close to the river, have additionally been rescued.

Hoshiarpur Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal stated the Nationwide Crisis Reaction Drive (NDRF), State Crisis Reaction Drive and non-government organisations are being enlisted for aid operations.

Mittal stated the evacuation paintings in about 15 villages remains to be underway and round 1,000 other people were despatched to aid camps.

The comfort camps were arrange at Bhangala, Atalgarh, Sariana, Gera, Motka, Mehtabpur and Harse Mansar villages.

The management has organized for excavators and tractor-trailers and deputed clinical groups within the flood-affected spaces.

It has additionally arrange round the clock flood keep watch over rooms on the district and the tehsil ranges, Mittal stated.

The location is being intently monitored, she stated and added that no lack of lifestyles has been reported from the flood-affected spaces thus far.

The deputy commissioner stated the Mukerian-Gurdaspur Street has been closed for vehicular site visitors after you have submerged.

Site visitors was once diverted to Gurdaspur by means of Pathankot.

Arun Kumar Sidana, the executive engineer of the Beas dam in Talwara, stated the influx in Pong reservoir is 1.42 lakh cusecs and the water is being discharged in a managed means.

The water stage within the Pong dam is recently at 1,399.65 ft. The extent within the Bhakra dam was once round 1,677 ft on Monday.

In Rupnagar district, about part a dozen villages, together with Bela Dhyani, Bhanam, Palasi in Nangal space, have been inundated following the discharge of extra water from the Bhakra dam.

A number of other people have been trapped of their properties in Bhanam and Decrease Bela villages, positioned close to the Sutlej River, because of a robust present, villagers stated.

Schooling Minister and Anandpur Sahib MLA Harjot Bains stated some villages were affected because of the discharge of water from the Bhakra dam.

Bains stated the individuals are being evacuated to more secure puts and prompt towards any roughly panic.

After heavy rain lashed Himachal Pradesh over the last two days, the surplus water needed to be launched from the Bhakra dam for its protection, Bains stated in a video message.

“I’m at the floor. Because of the discharge (of water) from the Bhakra dam, some villages were critically affected in my constituency. Please do not panic or agree with rumours. We’re evacuating other people in peril zones. The district management and the NDRF are providing complete help,” Bains stated in a put up on X, previously referred to as Twitter.

In Gurdaspur, the district management has directed the citizens of Chechia Chorian, Pakhowal, Kherha, Dalelpur, Padana, Chhina Wager, Nadala, Jagatpur Kalan, Kohlian and Khariaan villages to transport to protection amid a upward push within the Beas’ water stage.

Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Mahajan requested other people to not panic and added that the management is able to care for any state of affairs. He stated other people too can use the helpline to hunt help.

Punjab Leader Secretary Anurag Verma on Monday held a gathering with all deputy commissioners by means of videoconferencing to talk about the placement and requested them to be ready to care for any state of affairs and arrange aid camps, if vital.