Many of these residents, along with their cattle and essential belongings, have taken refuge on the dhussi bandh, an earthen embankment approximately 10 feet to 15 feet above the riverbed near their villages.
Rajya Sabha MP and environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal has been actively cleaning the Sutlej river using his own resources, particularly near the Gidderpindi railway bridge, as rains lash the state.