Ambala/Patiala, Aug. 30 -- After heavy rainfall in its catchment areas in the Shivalik region, the Tangri river started overflowing in Ambala Cantonment on Friday morning, breaking an embankment along the route and inundating adjoining residential colonies.

Teams from National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police, which were already on high alert, carried out evacuations on boats and shifted residents to safer places.

Officials said after heavy rain, the river received over 30,000 cusecs of water and was flowing at almost double of its danger mark of 15,400 cusecs.

Deputy commissioner Ajay Singh Tomar visited the area to take stock of the situation and said, "Due to heavy rains in Himachal Pra...