India, Aug. 29 -- A 45-year-old woman drowned near Dera Baba Nanak town, with the rising water levels forcing the administration to evacuate nearly 2,000 people to safer places in Gurdaspur district. Seven NDRF teams, along with the army and BSF, have been pressed into service for rescue operations in the district.

The deceased was identified as Kulwinder Kaur, who hailed from Khode Bet village in the border belt. She, along with her elder brother, had gone to perform sewa at nearby Gurdwara Tahli Sahib. While returning through an inundated road, her feet slipped and she fell into the floodwater.

Locals managed to rescue her, and she was rushed to the hospital, where she was declared dead by the doctors.

The staff members of Kerala Int...