India, Aug. 15 -- With the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) continuing to release water from the Pong Dam reservoir through spillway gates, there is no respite in the flood-hit villages situated downstream in Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala districts due to the swollen Beas river.

The water flow in Beas was recorded at 1.25 lakh cusecs, more than Wednesday's 1.22 lakh cusecs. It was 1.05 lakh cusecs on Thursday.

Meanwhile, compared to 1,377.50 feet on Wednesday, the water level in the Pong Dam reservoir came down to 1,377.22 feet by Thursday evening.

The BBMB released 57,031 cusecs of water, including 39,238 through spillways gates and 17, 793 through turbines on Thursday.

However, with reports of high rainfall and cloudbursts in the cat...