Flood fury: Death toll in Punjab, Haryana rises to 62 as each states ramp up restore, aid work

By PTI

CHANDIGARH: At least 62 individuals misplaced their lives in rain-related incidents in Punjab and Haryana throughout the current spell of torrential downpour that battered components of northern India, officers stated on Sunday.

With floodwaters receding in lots of areas of the 2 states, authorities have began engaged on restoring energy and water provides and repairing broken infrastructure in flood-hit areas, they stated.

Relief work was nonetheless underway in a number of locations, together with the Sangrur and Patiala districts of Punjab, and breaches in earthen embankments alongside the Ghaggar river are being repaired.

Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Sunday stated faculties that had been ordered to be closed until Sunday will reopen from July 17. He additionally requested deputy commissioners to take choices at their very own ranges in case any college is waterlogged or broken.

Several districts of Punjab and Haryana had been battered by heavy downpour final week that has left regular life paralysed. According to official knowledge, 32 individuals have died in Punjab due to rain-related incidents and 30 in neighbouring Haryana.

Over 26,000 individuals have up to now been evacuated to safer locations from waterlogged areas in flood-hit districts of Punjab and greater than 5,917 in Haryana.

The floods brought on by the rain have affected 15 districts in Punjab and 13 in Haryana.

The well being division has been requested to take steps to stop the outbreak of any water and vector-borne ailments within the flood-affected areas, the officers stated.

The water degree on the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana’s Yamunanagar was 54,282 cusecs at 8 am which later rose to 81,430 cusecs at 2 pm after which dropped to 61,592 cusecs at 5 pm.

Speaking to reporters in Rohtak on Sunday, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar hit out on the AAP management for blaming his state over floods in components of Delhi, saying the blame sport is neither within the curiosity of humanity, the state nor the nation.

AAP leaders have alleged that the BJP-led authorities in Haryana launched extreme water from the barrage which flooded the Yamuna river, with water flowing onto the streets and roads of the nationwide capital.

The officers stated efforts had been underway to plug the breach that appeared alongside the Ghaggar river in Punjab’s Mansa. The breach was fashioned on Saturday in an embankment close to the Chandpura bundh within the Budhlada sub-division.

The breach prompted water from the river to enter the fields within the district’s Gorakhnath and Birewala Dogran villages. It is feared that water might enter different villages as properly, the officers stated.

The Mansa district administration has already arrange a number of aid camps for flood-affected individuals, they stated, including that the ravaging Ghaggar has additionally inundated swathes of agricultural fields in Haryana’s Fatehabad district.

In Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, a number of villages within the Dasuya sub-division had been inundated following heavy in a single day rain, prompting authorities to shift some residents to safer locations, the officers stated on Sunday.

Patiala Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney stated the administration has began work on resuming the availability of consuming water, restoring electrical energy, and repairing the broken infrastructure.

“We have gone through a tough situation together and as things slowly return to normalcy, I want to thank each and every person for their patience and cooperation during this time,” Sawhney stated to the individuals of Patiala.

In Sangrur, the Moonak and Khanauri areas had been the worst affected with a swollen Ghaggar inundating huge tracts of land.

Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal stated water has began receding regularly within the Ghaggar river and the district administration has constantly been making an attempt to plug the breaches.

In Kapurthala, because the water degree within the flood-affected areas in Sultanpur Lodhi began receding, the district administration stated it’s totally geared as much as implement measures to stop water-borne ailments. Public bulletins had been additionally being made in flood-hit areas, asking individuals to boil water earlier than consuming. The authorities had been additionally offering cattle feed and fodder in flood-hit areas.

In Punjab, a complete of 148 aid camps are functioning the place 3,731 individuals have been sheltered, the officers stated.

A complete of 1,414 villages in 15 districts have been affected by floods within the state, they stated.

Meanwhile, Khattar stated a report of evaluation of the losses prompted to life and property within the state is anticipated to return from affected districts within the subsequent two days.

“But according to the information so far, 30 people have lost their lives, 133 houses have been completely damaged, 183 houses partially damaged and 110 animals have died,” he stated.

Khattar stated farmers might be requested to register their losses on the ‘e-fasal Kshatipoorti’ portal and after that, a survey might be accomplished.

In Haryana, 5,917 individuals have up to now been evacuated to secure locations with practically 1,300 villages being ravaged by the floods.

Thirty-seven aid camps have been opened within the state the place 2,852 individuals have taken shelter, in accordance with Haryana authorities knowledge up to date until 5 pm on Sunday.

The authorities stated 1.72 lakh hectares of agricultural space had been destroyed within the floods.

CHANDIGARH: At least 62 individuals misplaced their lives in rain-related incidents in Punjab and Haryana throughout the current spell of torrential downpour that battered components of northern India, officers stated on Sunday.

With floodwaters receding in lots of areas of the 2 states, authorities have began engaged on restoring energy and water provides and repairing broken infrastructure in flood-hit areas, they stated.

Relief work was nonetheless underway in a number of locations, together with the Sangrur and Patiala districts of Punjab, and breaches in earthen embankments alongside the Ghaggar river are being repaired.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Sunday stated faculties that had been ordered to be closed until Sunday will reopen from July 17. He additionally requested deputy commissioners to take choices at their very own ranges in case any college is waterlogged or broken.

Several districts of Punjab and Haryana had been battered by heavy downpour final week that has left regular life paralysed. According to official knowledge, 32 individuals have died in Punjab due to rain-related incidents and 30 in neighbouring Haryana.

Over 26,000 individuals have up to now been evacuated to safer locations from waterlogged areas in flood-hit districts of Punjab and greater than 5,917 in Haryana.

The floods brought on by the rain have affected 15 districts in Punjab and 13 in Haryana.

The well being division has been requested to take steps to stop the outbreak of any water and vector-borne ailments within the flood-affected areas, the officers stated.

The water degree on the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana’s Yamunanagar was 54,282 cusecs at 8 am which later rose to 81,430 cusecs at 2 pm after which dropped to 61,592 cusecs at 5 pm.

Speaking to reporters in Rohtak on Sunday, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar hit out on the AAP management for blaming his state over floods in components of Delhi, saying the blame sport is neither within the curiosity of humanity, the state nor the nation.

AAP leaders have alleged that the BJP-led authorities in Haryana launched extreme water from the barrage which flooded the Yamuna river, with water flowing onto the streets and roads of the nationwide capital.

The officers stated efforts had been underway to plug the breach that appeared alongside the Ghaggar river in Punjab’s Mansa. The breach was fashioned on Saturday in an embankment close to the Chandpura bundh within the Budhlada sub-division.

The breach prompted water from the river to enter the fields within the district’s Gorakhnath and Birewala Dogran villages. It is feared that water might enter different villages as properly, the officers stated.

The Mansa district administration has already arrange a number of aid camps for flood-affected individuals, they stated, including that the ravaging Ghaggar has additionally inundated swathes of agricultural fields in Haryana’s Fatehabad district.

In Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, a number of villages within the Dasuya sub-division had been inundated following heavy in a single day rain, prompting authorities to shift some residents to safer locations, the officers stated on Sunday.

Patiala Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney stated the administration has began work on resuming the availability of consuming water, restoring electrical energy, and repairing the broken infrastructure.

“We have gone through a tough situation together and as things slowly return to normalcy, I want to thank each and every person for their patience and cooperation during this time,” Sawhney stated to the individuals of Patiala.

In Sangrur, the Moonak and Khanauri areas had been the worst affected with a swollen Ghaggar inundating huge tracts of land.

Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal stated water has began receding regularly within the Ghaggar river and the district administration has constantly been making an attempt to plug the breaches.

In Kapurthala, because the water degree within the flood-affected areas in Sultanpur Lodhi began receding, the district administration stated it’s totally geared as much as implement measures to stop water-borne ailments. Public bulletins had been additionally being made in flood-hit areas, asking individuals to boil water earlier than consuming. The authorities had been additionally offering cattle feed and fodder in flood-hit areas.

In Punjab, a complete of 148 aid camps are functioning the place 3,731 individuals have been sheltered, the officers stated.

A complete of 1,414 villages in 15 districts have been affected by floods within the state, they stated.

Meanwhile, Khattar stated a report of evaluation of the losses prompted to life and property within the state is anticipated to return from affected districts within the subsequent two days.

“But according to the information so far, 30 people have lost their lives, 133 houses have been completely damaged, 183 houses partially damaged and 110 animals have died,” he stated.

Khattar stated farmers might be requested to register their losses on the ‘e-fasal Kshatipoorti’ portal and after that, a survey might be accomplished.

In Haryana, 5,917 individuals have up to now been evacuated to secure locations with practically 1,300 villages being ravaged by the floods.

Thirty-seven aid camps have been opened within the state the place 2,852 individuals have taken shelter, in accordance with Haryana authorities knowledge up to date until 5 pm on Sunday.

The authorities stated 1.72 lakh hectares of agricultural space had been destroyed within the floods.