Although the water level at Harrike headworks saw a reduction from 2.82 lakh cusecs on Saturday to 1.67 cubic per second (cusecs) by Sunday evening, the Satluj continued to flood 20 villages in Ferozepur, along with an equal number in the neighbouring Fazilka district.
Hundreds of farmers Friday protested against the Punjab government demanding the state to make canal water available for farming and drinking purposes.
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NEW DELHI: India must be prepared for more intense heat waves to come, the country’s meteorological department told Arab News, as the South Asian nation recorded unusual heat in April along with other countries in the region. Large parts of Asia, from India to southern China to Thailand, was enveloped for weeks with intense heat waves that set in unusually early this year.
The Centre had last week relaxed the limit of shrivelled and broken grain up to 18 per cent against the existing limit of 6 per cent for wheat being procured in Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, and Rajasthan.