Amritsar, Oct. 5 -- With the threat of fresh floods looming over parts of Amritsar and Gurdaspur, an alert was issued in the Ravi river catchment area due to increased water discharge from Ranjit Sagar Dam.

The release was raised to 37,000 cusecs from Thursday to manage expected heavy to very heavy rainfall on October 6 and 7, as per IMD forecasts. The rising water level sparked concern in flood-affected areas still recovering from recent inundations, the worst since 1988.

Ajnala MLA Kuldeep Dhaliwal, along with deputy commissioner Sakshi Sawhney, visited vulnerable villages along the Ravi. They cautioned that rainfall and dam releases could cause fluctuations in the Ravi and Beas rivers, although the situation is currently under contro...