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'Situation worrisome': Sutlej river eroding 2 acres land per day; Ludhiana DC sends SOS to Army

September 24, 2025 2:47 pm

Though Ludhiana was not among the worst-hit districts during the recent floods in Punjab, farmers in Sasrali Colony have steadily been losing land near the dhussi bundh.

15 months on, 3-state panel's proposal of Sutlej's hazard survey yet to see light of day

September 13, 2025 11:28 am

In June 2024, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand joined hands to survey flood plains to avert disaster, save lives

As Sutlej water rises, Ludhiana orders closure of dyeing and printing units

September 01, 2025 2:41 pm

The order aims to reduce industrial wastewater discharge and ease pressure on the overwhelmed sewerage system in Ludhiana.

A flooded village in the Sutlej creek in Fazilka district. (Express Photo)

Harike Headworks sheds 1.7L cusecs, water to reach Sutlej creek tonight

August 26, 2025 8:18 am

According to officials, the released water is expected to reach Fazilka by Tuesday midnight or Wednesday morning, posing a threat to already flooded villages.

Delhi met Lahore when Farida Khanum sang a Daag Dehlvi ghazal

August 08, 2025 9:51 pm

Amidst the clamour of viral content and shrillness of rhetoric, Khanum’s rendition is a reminder of a shared cultural identity

The farmers, from Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh districts, have started a ‘Zeher se mukti andolan’ (Stop the pollution movement), alleging that pollution from factories in Punjab is leaving the water toxic and causing major illnesses to residents of their districts. (File Image)

‘The water is making us sick’: 1,000 Rajasthan farmers head to Ludhiana to protest Sutlej pollution, most stopped en route

December 04, 2024 8:00 am

Farmers have been calling for the blocking of ‘Buddha Nala’, a highly polluted stream in Punjab that merges with the Sutlej. The farmers say this stream is the biggest source of pollution in the waters supplied to their districts.

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Anger mounts in Rajasthan district over pollution in river Sutlej, local leaders say Punjab’s industries to blame

November 10, 2024 12:19 am

Several markets around Sri Ganganagar district shut down in protest, called by farmer leaders with support of political parties

Sutlej on three sides, border fence on the other, why this flood-hit Punjab village is refusing to vote this election

May 27, 2024 11:03 pm

The Indian Express visits Kaluwala via boat, a village located few meters from the Indo-Pak border fence. A trail of destruction left by floods last year, coupled with apathy of successive governments, villagers here had also demanded that they should be merged with Pakistan. Will this election make any difference in their lives, they ask

Punjab floods: Four booked in Ludhiana for fishing, bathing in swollen Sutlej

August 21, 2023 10:25 am

Police said that two separate FIRs were registered against four persons from Jalandhar who were found catching fish and bathing in the waters of swollen Sutlej despite warning that no one should go near the banks.

Deaf man swept away by Sutlej flood waters reaches Pakistan

July 27, 2023 2:06 pm

Officials of the Pakistan Rangers at the Ganda Singh Wala border shared his photo and video with the Border Security Force (BSF), which in turn has shared them with the senior superintendents of police (SSPs) of the border districts of Punjab to ascertain his identity.