300 People Rescued From Flood-Hit Villages In Punjab's Kapurthala, Situation Grim In Rupnagar

Nearly 300 people were rescued from flooded villages in Punjab's Kapurthala while the flood situation in the Rupnagar district remained grim with water being released into Sutlej river from Bhakra Dam

Disaster Response Team officials rescue residents from a flood-affected area following the release of excess water from the Bhakra and the Pong dams, in Gurdaspur, Thursday.

Source : PTI

Nearly 300 people were rescued from flooded villages in Punjab's Kapurthala as Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams contributed to relief and rescue work in the affected districts in the state.  Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Karnail Singh informed that six teams of the NDRF and Army pressed six boats to rescue locals caught in the floods and after being successfully rescued, people have been shifted to relief camps, news agency PTI reported. The official said that a total of 22 villages have been affected by floods in the Beas River after the release of excess water from the Bhakra Dam

The Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner expressed hope that the situation would improve by Friday and informed that some flood-affected people are living inside 'dhusi bundhs' (embankments) in 'deras' to look after their fields. According to him, nearly 40 people were reluctant to leave their marooned houses and their cattle.

After the release of excess water from the Pong and Bhakra dams this week, some parts of Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Rupnagar, and Kapurthala districts were inundated.

Earlier today, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann visited the flood-affected areas in the Hoshiarpur district in a boat to take stock of the situation.

He assured that the entire government machinery including the helicopter of Punjab government is at the disposal of people.

The state government has already ordered a "special girdawari (survey)" to ascertain the loss incurred to people due to floods, he informed, as quoted by PTI.

CM Mann emphasised that the AAP government will "compensate the people even if they had lost a hen or a goat due to the floods".

There is no need for people to panic as the state government is there to extend all help to those affected, he told the locals.

Meanwhile, the flood situation in the Rupnagar district remained grim with water being released into the Sutlej river from Bhakra Dam, as per PTI's report.

While the Army is aiding in the rescue operations, the NDRF teams are working round-the-clock to prevent breaches and to rescue the people trapped in flooded villages.

Notably, Punjab minister Harjot Singh Bains has been camping in the district to supervise the rescue and relief operations.

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