Punjab and Haryana Floods: Total rain and flood related incidents in Punjab and Haryana People have died. At the same time, relief and rescue work continued in the flood-affected areas in both the states even today. Both the states received heavy rains for three consecutive days this week, but now water has started receding from some areas. The district administration along with Army personnel, Border Security Force (BSF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are working to evacuate people trapped in the flood and distribute dry ration, medicines, drinking water and cattle fodder Is. According to officials, about from waterlogged areas in Punjab People have been shifted to safer places while 4 in neighboring Haryana ,554 people have been evacuated from danger areas .

So far in rain related incidents in Punjab Lives of people According to the official figures, in the rain-related incidents in Punjab till now 000 People have lost their lives. Whereas, in Haryana this number 24 Is. He told that due to heavy rains in both the states between Saturday and Monday, and of Haryana Districts Affected Are. Officials said that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann visited Firozpur area of ​​Jalandhar and Lohian of Jalandhar and took stock of the situation. He informed that the water flow rate at Hathinikund barrage of Yamunanagar at 7 am cusec, morning time ,495 cusecs, 3 PM 49,450 cusecs and 6 p.m. was cusecs. He told that the flow rate is 3.554 on Tuesday morning. was much less than lakh cusecs.

Many villages submerged due to rising water level Officials told that water is receding in waterlogged areas including Fatehgarh Sahib. He told that many villages of Moonak sub-division of Sangrur district are still submerged in the water of Ghaggar river. In Patiala too, many villages have been submerged due to rise in the water level in the rivers and Patra is the area of ​​the district which is most affected. Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Navdeep Kumar said that relief and rescue work is going on in the low-lying areas and ration is being distributed among the affected. He said that till now 554 people have been shifted to safer places. has been moved to. The NDRF team rescued a woman trapped in Dera Hira Nagar, Patada, Patiala after receiving an emergency call. ,According to the figures 6 people are missing and Other Injured near Dhunsi dam (embankment) on the bank of Sutlej river in Mandhala area of ​​Jalandhar district 4025 Feet wide crack has come, which is being burnt to fill it. Officials said that 50 Feet wide crack has been repaired and the rest of the work will be completed in the next few days. In Ludhiana, the polluted water of Budha Nala has entered several colonies like Tezpur Road, Dhoka Mohalla, Dharmapura, Shivpuri, Shivaji Nagar and Kashmir Nagar. Municipal officials told that pumps are being used to remove water from these colonies. According to the statistics of the Punjab government, the total in the state due to floods people died Out of which 8 people have lost their lives in the last two days. According to statistics, 6 people are missing and 07 others have been injured .

State Government in the affected area Relief camps set up in Punjab people have been shifted to safer places while 1,135 Villages have been affected. in the state 39 houses have been completely damaged while 238 Partial damage has been done to the houses. State Government in the affected area 156 Relief camps have been set up. According to the data updated by Haryana till 4 am today, in flood-related incidents in the state 11 People have died. Earlier four people had lost their lives. According to statistics, about one thousand villages in Haryana are affected by floods, whereas, earlier this number 845 belonged to the village. 4,554 people were evacuated to safe places in the state Has gone. He said that 2,350 people have been Established 25 are living in relief camps. In Haryana 101 houses have been completely damaged while, 135 is partially damaged.

Gyanchand Gupta took stock of the situation in Panchkula district According to the officials, 1. in the state due to rain Standing crops in more than one lakh hectares were damaged. Is. Roads, bridges, culverts and security walls have also been damaged. He told that the state government has about Thousands of food packets and relief materials have been distributed to the flood affected. He said that Haryana including Ambala, Fatehabad, Faridabad, Panchkula, Jhajjar, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat Palwal, Sirsa, Kaithal and Yamunanagar Districts have been affected. The Haryana unit of the Congress has submitted a memorandum to the governor demanding an immediate survey of damage to crops and property and compensation. Haryana Vidhansabha Speaker Gyanchand Gupta took stock of the situation in Panchkula district.

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Fri, Jul 14, 2023, 9: 55 PM IST