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 catchment areas in Himachal increased the inflow into Pong dam that saw its water-level rising four feet above the danger mark of 1,390 feet on Tuesday.

Built over the Beas river, the reservoir recorded 1,394.71 feet of water level at 3 pm, leaving the population residing downstream anxious. Last week, the dam had seen a dip in water level (1,389 feet) when the inflow came down to 34,559 cusecs after floodwaters created havoc in Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur districts for several days.

The Pong inflow was recorded 1.72 lakh cusecs on Tuesday fr...