CHANDIGARH: With over 30 breaches in the Ghaggar inundating six districts of Punjab and claiming 15 lives, the State Government on Friday released Rs.28 crore to provide immediate relief to flood victims.
Chief Secretary S. C. Aggarwal reviewed the flood situation in the State and asked the Irrigation and Revenue Departments to work in tandem to extend all possible help to flood victims on priority and also directed the district administration to keep a close tab on the situation, an official spokesman said here.
Six districts of SAS Nagar, Patiala, Ludhiana, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Sangrur have been badly affected by incessant rain during the past four days in different parts of the State.The spokesman said 30 breaches in the Ghaggar were caused by heavy floods which caused damage to property, human life, livestock and crops. Till date 15 casualties have been reported out of which one at Amritsar was due to a storm, he added.
Breaches in embankments of canals, rivers and seasonal rivulets have caused heavy floods. The Chief Secretary said the National Disaster Response Force has deployed 127 personnel in Patiala district and 40 in Sangrur district to manage the situation.
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