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The initiative, previously a forte of male Kar Sevaks (vounteers), has witnessed several woman Kar Sevaks filling sandbags and picking them on their shoulders or head to supply to the team doing the repair work.
The women in Jalandhar feel their participation in filling sandbags is inevitable as it requires lakhs of such bags to plug the breach and get prepared for the rain
A senior officer said that had the funds been allocated for repairing the bandh and constructing a pucca road (metalled road) on it, the state could have prevented floods in many areas.