India, Aug. 20 -- The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has announced plans to increase the release of water from the Pong Dam into the Beas starting from 6am on Wednesday in response to steadily rising inflows and reservoir levels.

Authorities said that an additional 6,000 cusecs of water will be released every 12 hours, with the total discharge potentially reaching 75,000 cusecs, including both spillway and turbine releases. The decision comes as the Pong reservoir reached 1,383.11 feet on Tuesday - just under seven feet below the danger mark of 1.390 feet. As of 6pm on Tuesday, the inflow into the reservoir was recorded at 72,855 cusecs.

The announcement has triggered anxiety among residents in flood-prone areas of Hoshiarpur distr...