Selja faces rough weather in Ambala,people rue her absence during floods

She made a sentimental appeal and said she was “daughter of Ambala and would serve the people all her life”. The appeal worked and people listened to her silently. She went around the areas of several localities,namely Mochi Mandi,Bazigar Colony,Dera Batti,Khatiq Mandi and so on. Selja also visited a family to condole the death of a member. The minister told the residents that they would be suitably compensated. She assured them of regular supply of essential commodities and LPG. She directed officers from Electricity,PWD,Public Health and other departments to restore facilities to people.

Meanwhile,Haryana Education and Health Minister Geeta Bhukal said of the total 470 villages,135 were badly affected and 42 had been completely marooned during the floods. She said the Central government has been urged to release a special package for the flood-affected people. She said families of those who have lost their lives would be suitably compensated and jobs would be made available to one member of the family.

Bhukal convened a meeting of health officers,programme officer and child development project officers and directed them to remain available for services asked by the district Administration. She was here to review the flood situation under directions from Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Haryana Revenue Minister Shiv Prasad Sharma also visited the badly-affected Naggal area and directed the revenue staff to undertake girdawri immediately.

Ambala,Patiala DCs visit flood-hit areas
Ambala Deputy Commissioner SP Sarao did a joint inspection with his Patiala counterpart,Dr Jaswant Singh,of the seasonal rivulet Pachisdhara on Tuesday. The rivulet was breached at two places in Punjab,adjoining the Haryana border. The breaches were 125 and 80 feet wide and water fell into the SYL Canal,which had started flowing above the danger mark on July 6 and 7. Today’s inspection was undertaken on the initiative taken by the Ambala DC to plug the breaches and to mke a plan to prevent such incidents in the future. Sarao said the filling up of breaches has been taken on the war footing by the Patiala district administration and was likely to be completed within a day or two. Patiala ADC Dr Jaswant Singh informed that 809 villages of the district have been affected by floods. He said water from Pachisdhara fell in Ghaggar as its natural course but the water it carried overflowed into Haryana and flooded the SYL Canal. Sarao said officials of both districts will continue their joint efforts to reach a permanent solution.