AMRITSAR, Aug. 28 -- As many as 381 students and around 70 teachers, along with their family members, were rescued from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Daburi in Gurdaspur district after the swollen Ravi submerged the school campus with floodwaters reaching as high as 5-6 feet. The ground floor of the buildings was completely submerged in the floodwater. District administration teams, with the support of BSF, NDRF, and humanitarian organisation Khalsa Aid, with the cooperation of local people, managed to rescue the students from the hostels and school staff in an overnight operation, after the worried parents raised an alarm and an urgent message for assistance was sent by the school principal. As the water rose, the students were shifted to the second floor of the school building. The Punjab government had declared holidays in all the schools across the state till August 30. Deputy commissioner Dalwinderjit Singh said that soon after the school principal called the control room helpline seeking assistance, teams were dispatched for the rescue. "The administration immediately dispatched teams for the rescue of the students and teachers. Since the school premises were surrounded by floodwaters, the BSF and NDRF teams managed to reach the spot on boats and safely evacuated all the students and teachers from the school," the DC said. Teams of Khalsa Aid also reached the school on boats, while the local farmers rushed to the school on tractor-trailers and also evacuated the trapped persons. The DC said that the district education officer (secondary), Gurdaspur, has issued a show-cause notice to the principal for gross negligence. In the notice, a copy of which is with HT, the principal has been asked to explain why the students were not sent home despite the state government declaring holidays in all the schools. "Putting the lives of students at such grave risk by ignoring these instructions is unacceptable," the DC said in a statement. Meanwhile, the district administration complex in Pathankot is submerged with the floodwater entering the offices. Rescue teams had to be called to evacuate the staff working there. Meanwhile, several breaches in the dhussi bundh embankments were reported during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. In the Dinanagar sub-division of the district, road connectivity has been snapped at several places, with Dera Baba Nanak town also cut off. In Gurdaspur, BSF rescue teams conducted a special operation in villages Makora and Chakmakoda, evacuating 70 villagers to safety with the help of inflatable boats. Ajnala and Ramdas blocks of Amritsar district have also borne the brunt of floodwater. A breach occurred in the dhusi bundh in Ajnala on Wednesday, after which the water inundated at least 20 villages. Amritsar DC Sakshi Sawhney, along with NDRF, BSF and police teams, rushed to the area to start the rescue and relief work....