Floods have caused an outcry in the whole of Punjab. In this tragedy, about 2000 villages of Punjab have been submerged, about 3 lakh people have been affected by it. One and a half lakh hectares of crops of farmers have been destroyed.
All has been destroyed by floods in Punjab. The situation has become very bad. The Chandigarh Meteorological Department has issued a flash alert of heavy rain in all the districts. In this tragedy, about 2000 villages of Punjab have been submerged, while about 3 lakh people have been affected by it. One and a half lakh hectares of crops of farmers have been destroyed. At the same time, the heavy rains in Ludhiana since morning have disturbed public life. People are forced to remain imprisoned in their own homes due to water filling from place to place. At the same time, the good thing is that the water of the rivers of the state has reduced and the outbreak of flood is also calming.
10 big updates from Ludhiana to Amritsar
1. People are scared due to the rise in the water level of the Sutlej river in Ludhiana due to torrential rains. People are scared due to frequent erosion in the dam near village Sasrali.
2. So far, 16 feet of the dam has been washed away. Due to which the farmers’ tubebells have been washed away. Seeing the situation deteriorating, the army has recovered the front. Many villages are threatened by dam erosion.
3. Amritsar is also in bad shape. Here, the broken Dhasi dams are threatening due to the increased water level of Ravi river in Ramdas. The administration is trying to fill them.
4. Ghaggar river passing through Patiala, Sangrur and Mansa areas is also flowing above the danger mark. The rain and the rising water of the river have put people in trouble.
5. Let us know that due to the outbreak of floods of Punjab, 43 people have died so far. While many people are seriously injured. Thousands of people have become homeless.
6. CM Bhagwant Mann has sent a special team of officers to all flood affected districts of Punjab. Apart from this, teams of Army, Air Force, NDRF and SDRF are constantly engaged in relief and rescue operations.
7. The good news between the tragedy is that the outbreak of floods in Punjab is decreasing due to low water in Bhakra. About 70 thousand cusecs of water is currently being released from Bhakra.
8. In the meantime, a big accident took place in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Where an ambulance fell into a ditch near Magwal village on Chintpurni Dharamshala National Highway and three people died.
9. Punjab’s Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian said that no one has been reported in the last 24 hours and the situation is currently under control.
Floods affected by floods in Punjab
Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Malerkotla, Mansa, Moga, Pathankot, Patiala, Rupnagar, Sangrur, SAS Nagar, SBS Nagar and Tarsharsa Nagar and Tarsharan.