PUNJAB: AFTER HEAVY RAINS, WATERLOGGING HITS MOHALI IN PUNJAB, FLOODING REPORTED IN GHAGGAR RIVER AREAS

Incessant rain lashed Punjab on Sunday, leading to waterlogging in low-lying areas and traffic snarls. For the second consecutive day, Mohali, Rupnagar and Patiala, and Fatehgarh Sahib received heavy rain. Waterlogging was witnessed across Mohali, rainwater enters hundreds of houses across the city.

Residents alongside the Ghaggar River were put on high alert owing to the rise in water level.

Fencing along the Indo-Pak border in the Mamdot area of Ferozepur district was damaged due to the heavy spell of rain in the area. The water level in Sutlej has also increased in Moga, Ferozepur districts.

According to reports reaching here, the Satluj River was overflowing thus inundating many low-lying areas and villages along the river and its tributaries including Kahanpur Khoohi in Ropar district and its Anandpur Sahib city.

Ghaggar River – which originates from the Panchkula district of Haryana and passes through Samana, Devinagar, Ghanaur, and Sanuar towns of Patiala and parts of Sangrur district, was also reported to be overflowing following which the state government had issued preventive evacuation orders and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) had been called out in Tiwana village in Mohali. Teams of NDRF also rescued several people in the Derabassi area of Mohali.

The flood situation in two districts of Punjab worsened resulting in the deployment of the army in the region, IANS has reported. As per the report, Army was deployed in the Rochar and Patiala districts of the state to carry out the evacuation, take measures to prevent breaches of swollen water channels.

Requisition received from the Deputy Commissioners of Patiala and Ropar for assistance due to breach in river and canal," a spokesperson for the Army told IANS.