Patiala, July 3 -- With the southwest monsoon covering the entire state, the desilting of rain rivulets- Chotti Nadi and Badi Nadi- and drains in Patiala city to prevent flooding has raised the hackles of residents living close to the embankments. Residents, in panic mode, have already started taking precautions by building walls and keeping sandbags ready to stop floodwater and fear a repeat of the 2023 monsoon season, when the Badi Nadi in spate inundated several areas. Both rain-fed rivulets are clogged with wild growth and debris in several stretches. Patiala district administration officials said de-silting will be completed within a week. Patiala DC Preeti Yadav said, "Desilting in many stretches of these rain rivulets has been completed. The major part of cleaning that is left is within municipal corporation limits. Machinery has already been deployed and will be completed soon." Patiala residents, who suffered losses in the 2023 floods, have started taking precautionary measures. Many have shifted their furniture and other items to the roof, while some have readied sandbags to block the floodwater from entering their houses. In Urban Estate Phase 2, a resident has kept sandbags in his house to stop floodwater. "The government has not completed the cleaning of the rain rivulets.I have taken precautions to avoid loss of property and lives," Amarjeet Singh Waraich, a resident of Urban Estate Phase 2, said. BJP Punjab Mahila Morcha president Jai Inder Kaur slammed AAP government and local administration....