Over 60 booked for damaging dam

The Lasara drain used to extend up to Haryana earlier,but the Haryana government had de-notified the land through which it passed. Consequently,a dam has been made. The rising water due to this has put villagers on Punjab side in danger. The district administration has been on its toes to prevent any untoward incident. Efforts were made to maintain the optimum water level with the help of as many as 10 water pipes being used as controlled outlets of the rising water level.

Bathinda SDM K P S Mahi,who visited the site on Sunday,said the water level in the drain had substantially receded and the situation was returning to normal.

Dhussi breach: Situation better
Nakodar: With the water level in Sutlej river receding,the flood situation in nearly six villages has improved. The district administration has already started constructing a temporary dam with the help of area people and environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal. The dam is being made at the place where over 100-foot wide breach took place in Dhussi dam on Sunday evening,inundating more than half a dozen villages and thousands of acres of agricultural land in Nakodar and Phillaur subdivisions.

Rains damaged 423 houses in Shimla district
Shimla: At least 423 residential buildings were damaged in Shimla district during this year’s monsoon. Widespread damage was also seen on over 120 link roads,on which 500 apple laden trucks remained stranded for many days,said an official spokesperson of the government on Sunday. Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta,who is touring the monsoon ravaged district,said these 423 houses were in Jubbal-Kotkhai and Rohru areas. The cumulative losses in Rohru sub-division are Rs 77.48 crore. “The 500 apple laden trucks stuck on various link roads have started moving to the markets,” he said.