Even as a few districts in Punjab are gradually recovering from the aftermath of floods that struck over a month ago, four districts — Ropar, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, and Kapurthala — are once again facing flooding conditions following the increased outflows from the Bhakra and Pong dams on
The villages, including Haled, Motla, Bela Sariyana, Koliyan in Mukerian, and Poshi Bet, Rampur, and others in Tanda, were severely affected by the sudden inundation of water.
The mission to evacuate people from the low-lying areas of three Punjab districts - Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur and Rupnagar - gained pace on Thursday after the excess water from Himachal s Pong and Bhakra dams triggered a flood-like situation in these areas.
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