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Sultanpur Lodhi: Cremation ground flooded, family forced to perform last rites of woman in backyard

Kapurthala, Sept. 20 -- With floodwater submerging large parts of Sultanpur Lodhi for over 45 days, the family of 75-year-old Gurnam Kaur had to perform her last rites in the backyard of their house i... Read More


Beas swells again after rains in HP, flood fears resurface in Sultanpur Lodhi

Kapurthala, Sept. 17 -- The water level in around 14 villages of the low-lying mand areas in Sultanpur Lodhi rose once again, "up to four feet" in some areas, after fresh downpour in the Beas river's ... Read More


Punjab: Breach in 8km embankment puts 5k acres under risk in Kapurthala

Kapurthala, Sept. 8 -- The Beas River continued to wreak havoc in Kapurthala district after an 8-km-long advance embankment, built by farmers to protect nearly 5,000 acres of agricultural land, develo... Read More


Sultanpur Lodhi: Water flow in Beas peaks, Mand area remains flooded

Kapurthala, Aug. 24 -- The water flow in the Beas reached a season-high of 1.3 lakh cusecs on Saturday, causing a rise in water levels in low-lying areas of Sultanpur Lodhi's Mand region in Kapurthala... Read More


Punjab govt will compensate every loss caused by flood: Mann

Kapurthala, Aug. 23 -- With Beas river still in torrential spate, surging at 1.12 lakh cusecs of water, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann carried out an aerial survey of the flood-pounded areas in K... Read More


Seven years, three floods: Farmers in mand area of Sultanpur Lodhi on edge

Kapurthala, Aug. 22 -- The flooding in the mand (low-lying) area in Sultanpur Lodhi has revived grim memories of 2019 and 2023 for the villagers, when the swollen Beas caused similar devastation, subm... Read More


No respite from swollen Beas, Mand area in Kapurthala remains submerged for 6th day

Kapurthala, Aug. 18 -- The low-lying areas situated in the Mand area of Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur districts remained submerged in water due to swollen Beas on the sixth consecutive day, triggering fea... Read More


Punjab: Swollen Beas floods 20 villages in mand area, 4k acres submerged

Kapurthala, Aug. 12 -- The swollen Beas river has breached temporary bandhs, inundating nearly 20 villages in the mand area of Sultanpur Lodhi and Bholath on Monday. The main breach was in Bhaini Kada... Read More