Kapurthala, Aug. 12 -- The swollen Beas river has breached temporary bandhs, inundating nearly 20 villages in the mand area of Sultanpur Lodhi and Bholath on Monday. The main breach was in Bhaini Kadar village following which over 4,000-acre agricultural land was submerged. Even residential areas and schools in these areas were flooded.
Presently, over one lakh cusec water is flowing in the Beas river due to heavy rainfall in the catchment areas. The area located between Beas and dhussi bandh was largely affected. The strong current breached the temporary bandh outside the Bhaini Kadar village, and the water was flowing towards the dhussi bandh.
Sultanpur Lodhi MLA Rana Inder Partap Singh said the agricultural land and livestock have be...
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