The health department claimed that it had sent 15 days advance diet for the pregnant, lactating mothers and kids (aged six months to three years) in the flood-affected villages. This included 'dalia', roasted gram, 'chana daal' and 'mithi fulliyan'.
The agriculture lands (paddy fields) of nearly 30 villages of Tarn Taran near Harrike headworks were inundated with rainwater. It is apprehended that the excess water of the Sutlej could flood border villages of Fazilka as per the flow of the river.
The district heads of Ferozepur and Fazilka have asked the villagers living along the Sutlej River to stay alert. The villagers were asked to shift to higher places or to relief camps, but they decided to stay put.
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