Jalandhar, Aug. 27 -- The swollen Beas river on Tuesday inundated low-lying areas in the mand area of Kapurthala district with 15-20 feet of water accumulating in the paddy fields. The mand area, which is located between the Beas and Dhussi bundh, the main embankment managed by the state government, remained disconnected from the mainland. At present, 1.55 lakh cusecs of water is flowing in the Beas due to heavy rainfall in the catchment areas in Himachal Pradesh. On Tuesday morning, the advance embankment at Aahli Kalan village got breached, inundating nearly 30,000 acres of paddy crop. The villagers were strengthening this embankment for the past 10 days as it acted as a shield to save the farmland of 30 villages, which hardly have any population. "The breach was strategically built by the villagers to save their land. The situation has now turned grim as the farmers fear loss to the paddy crop," said Rajya Sabha member Balbir Singh Seechewal. Earlier, nearly 8,000 people from 14 worst-affected villages were evacuated to safer places upstream on motor boats due to the sudden increase in the water level in the Beas. Two members of a family were injured after the roof of their house collapsed due to floods in Kabirpura village of Kapurthala district. The body of a 32-year-old man, who was swept away in the Chhauni Kalan seasonal river on Monday evening, has been recovered, police said. Sadar police station, SHO SI Madan Lal, said the body of Surmudeen was found on Tuesday and has been sent to the civil hospital in Hoshiarpur for post-mortem. The BBMB has made announcements in the villages located downstream to remain cautious and vigilant, besides appealing to the villagers to shift their children, women, and livestock to safer places. DC Aashika Jain said that the administration is closely monitoring the water levels in the Pong Dam....