4,500-ft-wide Ghaggar breach plugged, now work on to raise embankment height
The DC said that to protect the earthen embankment from direct collision, three to four lakh sand bags will be placed inside it so that the strong revetment can be made.
The DC assured the affected farmers that their damage will be assessed next week and further action will be taken after preparing an assessment report. (Express Photo) The 4,500-foot-wide breach at Ghaggar embankment was plugged on Friday. Deputy Commissioner Aashika Jain, who visited the site, said that the breach at Dehar, Alamgir and Tiwana link embankment had been plugged.
The DC said that the job was a tedious one as the level of the breached surface was too deep to fill. It absorbed lakhs of sand bags and took a week to plug it by working round the clock. “Now the work on increasing its height to earlier level is going on a war footing,” she added.
The DC said that to protect the earthen embankment from direct collision, three to four lakh sand bags will be placed inside it so that the strong revetment can be made. Responding to the demand of villagers for making embankment from Tiwana to Khajoor Mandi and Sadhanpur, the DC said that a proposal has already been sent to the government and the work will be started as soon as the approval is received.
Expressing concern over the damage to agriculture lands and crops due to Ghaggar breach, the DC assured the affected farmers that their
damage will be assessed next week and further action will be taken after preparing an assessment report.
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