Rains proceed to lash Punjab, Haryana; Army help sought in Patiala
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CHANDIGARH: Rains battered components of Punjab and Haryana for the third consecutive day on Monday with authorities working around the clock to succeed in out to folks within the worst-hit locations in hours of disaster.
According to the meteorological division, it has been raining in lots of components of Punjab and Haryana since morning.
In view of the prevailing scenario brought on as a result of incessant rains, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar cancelled all his pre-scheduled programmes for the day and summoned an emergency assembly of senior officers of varied departments, together with Home, Disaster Management and Urban Local Bodies, officers stated.
Khattar can even be holding a gathering with deputy commissioners later within the day by way of video-conferencing, they stated.
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Authorities have already ordered the closure of faculties in some affected areas in Punjab and Haryana.
As torrential rains battered a number of components of Punjab, Army help was sought by the Patiala district administration after water overflowed from the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal in Rajpura city following a breach.
The Army has been placed on alert in another components of Punjab, officers stated.
In Rajpura, water entered a non-public hospital and the sufferers have been shifted to 2 different hospitals, they stated. In some locations in Punjab, there have been breaches in distributaries and minor canals.
A road canine close to a waterlogged street throughout monsoon rain close to Yamuna Bazar space, in New Delhi (Photo | PTI)
Fields have been inundated at many locations in Punjab and components of Haryana inflicting crop harm. Tracts of land close to Sutlej and Ghaggar river have been inundated.
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In some locations in Punjab, water gushed into homes and in a couple of locations, folks have been evacuated to safer locations.
The heavy monsoon downpour continued to result in visitors snarls on key street stretches within the two states, the officers stated.
Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav had earlier stated in depth preparations have been made to cope with any sort of exigency arising out of potential floods.
Several groups of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have additionally been deployed within the flood-ravaged districts, together with Mohali, Rupnagar and Fatehgarh Sahib.
Schools have additionally been ordered to stay shut on Monday in some worst-affected districts of Punjab and Haryana, together with Rupnagar, Mohali, Patiala, Ambala and Panchkula.
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In the wake of a flood-like scenario as a result of incessant rains in a number of components of the state, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had on Sunday directed all of the cabinet ministers, MLAs and officers to remain alert and attain out to folks in want.
Flood management rooms have been arrange in all of the districts of Punjab to assist the folks in hours of disaster.
Helpline numbers have been publicised and officers have been appointed around the clock in these management rooms to serve the folks, an official assertion stated.
Owing to the heavy rains, the water degree of the Yamuna river at Hathini Kund Barrage is continually growing, as a result of which individuals of low-lying areas adjoining to Yamuna have been requested to keep away from the riverbank, the officers stated.
On Monday at 8 am, 2.79 lakh cusecs of water have been discharged from the barrage, they stated.
In Punjab’s Rupnagar, Siswan Nadi breached close to Kamalpur, the officers stated.
Rains lashed Chandigarh, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra, amongst different locations in Haryana whereas Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Rupnagar and Patiala in Punjab additionally acquired showers.
Due to incessant rains within the catchment areas of the Sukhna Lake right here, two of the floodgates have been opened on Sunday, the officers stated.
CHANDIGARH: Rains battered components of Punjab and Haryana for the third consecutive day on Monday with authorities working around the clock to succeed in out to folks within the worst-hit locations in hours of disaster.
According to the meteorological division, it has been raining in lots of components of Punjab and Haryana since morning.
In view of the prevailing scenario brought on as a result of incessant rains, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar cancelled all his pre-scheduled programmes for the day and summoned an emergency assembly of senior officers of varied departments, together with Home, Disaster Management and Urban Local Bodies, officers stated.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Khattar can even be holding a gathering with deputy commissioners later within the day by way of video-conferencing, they stated.
READ MORE: Delhi submerged as torrential rain continues on Day 2
Authorities have already ordered the closure of faculties in some affected areas in Punjab and Haryana.
As torrential rains battered a number of components of Punjab, Army help was sought by the Patiala district administration after water overflowed from the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal in Rajpura city following a breach.
The Army has been placed on alert in another components of Punjab, officers stated.
In Rajpura, water entered a non-public hospital and the sufferers have been shifted to 2 different hospitals, they stated. In some locations in Punjab, there have been breaches in distributaries and minor canals.
A road canine close to a waterlogged street throughout monsoon rain close to Yamuna Bazar space, in New Delhi (Photo | PTI)
Fields have been inundated at many locations in Punjab and components of Haryana inflicting crop harm. Tracts of land close to Sutlej and Ghaggar river have been inundated.
ALSO READ: As rains lash India, IMD points crimson alert in Himachal Pradesh, flood alert for 2 Jammu districts
In some locations in Punjab, water gushed into homes and in a couple of locations, folks have been evacuated to safer locations.
The heavy monsoon downpour continued to result in visitors snarls on key street stretches within the two states, the officers stated.
Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav had earlier stated in depth preparations have been made to cope with any sort of exigency arising out of potential floods.
Several groups of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have additionally been deployed within the flood-ravaged districts, together with Mohali, Rupnagar and Fatehgarh Sahib.
Schools have additionally been ordered to stay shut on Monday in some worst-affected districts of Punjab and Haryana, together with Rupnagar, Mohali, Patiala, Ambala and Panchkula.
ALSO READ | 13 killed as rains, flash floods lash U’khand, HP
In the wake of a flood-like scenario as a result of incessant rains in a number of components of the state, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had on Sunday directed all of the cabinet ministers, MLAs and officers to remain alert and attain out to folks in want.
Flood management rooms have been arrange in all of the districts of Punjab to assist the folks in hours of disaster.
Helpline numbers have been publicised and officers have been appointed around the clock in these management rooms to serve the folks, an official assertion stated.
Owing to the heavy rains, the water degree of the Yamuna river at Hathini Kund Barrage is continually growing, as a result of which individuals of low-lying areas adjoining to Yamuna have been requested to keep away from the riverbank, the officers stated.
On Monday at 8 am, 2.79 lakh cusecs of water have been discharged from the barrage, they stated.
In Punjab’s Rupnagar, Siswan Nadi breached close to Kamalpur, the officers stated.
Rains lashed Chandigarh, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra, amongst different locations in Haryana whereas Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Rupnagar and Patiala in Punjab additionally acquired showers.
Due to incessant rains within the catchment areas of the Sukhna Lake right here, two of the floodgates have been opened on Sunday, the officers stated.
