Hoshiarpur, July 7 -- The city was inundated after heavy rainfall on Sunday throwing normal life out of gear. Due to poor drainage, water entered residential and commercial establishments with streets resembling rivers and sewage systems overflowing.

Some municipal corporation officials were seen taking stock of the situation but people called it an eyewash and said that if the authorities would have got the drains cleaned on time, damage would have been much less. Water entered houses in Krishna Nagar, Hari Nagar, Premgarh, Manwata Nagar, Bahadurpur and several other localities.

Heavy rain in the catchment area also caused flood-like situation in the choes (rivulets). Several vehicles were trapped on Una road, Jalandhar and Phagwara by...