Water level in Pong Dam reaches 1378.5ft; alert issued to districts

Hoshiarpur district administration has issued alert and asked residents of the villages located close to Beas river to form groups and put Thhikri Pehras or night vigil.

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The districts administration and drainage officials inspected the vulnerable areas in case outflow from the dam needs to be increased. While the water inflow was 1.65 lakh cusecs on Saturday, it was recorded 1.25 lakh cusecs on Sunday.

The outflow from the dam was 25,000 cusecs towards the Mukerian hydel, which culminates into Beas river near Terkiana village in Dasuya sub-division.

There was heavy rainfall in the catchment area of the dam in Himachal Pradesh that led to heavy inflow of water into the dam. Pong Dam chief engineer D R Meena said, “At present the water level is over 1,378 feet. If it increases further, we have to release water from the dam.”

Sources said people residing close to the Beas river have been alerted that if the catchment area receives heavy rainfall, more water can be released into the river. There are more than two dozen villages, including Kolian, Chak Bhaian, Motleyin and Mehtabpur, which are in the low lying areas and located close to the river banks in Hoshiarpur.

People of Kapurthala and Nawanshahr districts have also been alerted as Beas and Sutlej rivers flow from these districts, respectively. Drainage department authorities said they are keeping a close tab on the water flow.
Punjab has received (Minus)-27 rainfall till date this monsoon. As 207.4mm rain has recorded here against the normal 285.3mm till date.