Gurdaspur, Aug. 28 -- Teams from the NDRF and the BSF conducted a rescue operation on Wednesday for 381 students and 70 teachers at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Daburi, who were stranded due to flooding in the school campus and surrounding areas, officials said. The Daburi area flooded as the water level of the Ravi river rose, reaching depths of 4-5 feet within the school. The school principal received a notice for not sending the children and staff home despite a holiday being declared. Heavy rains across northern India have inundated dozens of villages and low-lying areas across several districts in Punjab. The Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi rivers, as well as seasonal rivulets, have risen significantly due to heavy rainfall in their catchment areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, inundating large swathes of farmland and villages along their banks. The IAF airlifted 60 irrigation officials, who were deployed to open the gates of the Madhopur barrage in Pathankot district, officials said, adding that one of the staff members was missing. According to reports, a floodgate of the headworks, situated on the Ravi in Pathankot district, was washed away in the gushing waters. MORE ON PAGE 2...