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Himachal CM Sukhvinder Sukhu accuses BBMB of risking lakhs of lives with Pong Dam water release, says FIR lodged
August 22, 2025 6:21 pm
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu also lashed out at Punjab and Haryana for obstructing Himachal Pradesh’s rights, and pointed out that the BBMB owed around Rs 44,000 crore to the state.
Water starts receding, but crop loss a worry for farmers
August 21, 2023 7:48 am
“There still remains water accumulation of approximately 5 feet in the fields. It may take up to one to 10 weeks for the water to recede and the fields to dry up,” said former sarpanch Kishan Pal Singh Bittu from Sanyal village in Mukerian.
In some relief, water release from Pong dam reduces to 79,780 cusecs
August 19, 2023 2:40 pm
The water level in the dam also came down to 1393.62 feet which is now over 6 feet below the full capacity mark but still three feet above the designated upper limit of the dam.
Pong Dam water level crosses peak limit; residents of 5 dists advised not to go near Beas
August 15, 2023 6:55 am
State govt issues advisory for Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Tarn Taran districts.
61 years on, many Pong Dam oustees are still powerless, landless
November 11, 2022 8:09 am
While scores of such oustees are settled at different places in the state, at least 400 families, mostly engaged in menial jobs, are settled in Dehra subdivision in Kangra district alone.
110 bird species at Pong Dam sanctuary
February 03, 2022 3:24 am
The total population of the flagship species, Bar-headed Geese, is 47,598, said Anish Sharma, DFO and spokesperson wild life .
Amid heavy rains in several parts: From Bhakra to Pong, most dams record shortfall in live storage
August 01, 2021 8:54 am
According to CWC data, the current live storage of Gobind Sagar (Bhakra) dam on the Sutlej river is 15 percentage points less this year till July 29 against the same date last year.
40% of families displaced during Pong Dam construction yet to be settled: Himachal govt
March 16, 2021 9:40 pm
In a written reply to a query by Dehra MLA Hoshyar Singh, Forest Minister Rakesh Pathania said that during the construction of Pong Dam in 1968-72, people displaced from the area were to be rehabilitated not in Himachal but in Rajasthan.
Over 1 lakh migratory water birds visited Himachal Pradesh’s Pong dam lake sanctuary this winter
February 08, 2021 9:14 pm
Thousands of them died at lake due to bird flu outbreak
Avian flu seems 'contained' at Pong Dam: Pong Dam Wildlife official
January 17, 2021 7:21 pm
Twenty-one more birds were found dead in the sanctuary on Sunday, including only one in the entire Dhameta range of the sanctuary, chief wildlife warden Archana Sharma said.
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