With Beas river in spate, SDRF teams deployed in Sultanpur Lodhi villages
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Kapurthala: With the Beas river in spate, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been deployed in several villages of Sultanpur Lodhi within the Dhusi bundh. The teams have assisted the district administration in delivering dry rations, animal fodder, and drinking water to residents marooned in their homes.
Crops spread over thousands of acres along the river have been submerged.
Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha member Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal and his volunteers have begun evacuating residents and delivering relief materials. In previous years, they had similarly assisted locals during floods.
Deputy commissioner Amit Kumar Panchal said the SDRF was deployed and kept on alert before the water levels increased. He said a relief centre was also established at Govt School, Lakh Varhian, in the Mand area to support affected residents.
Medical teams have been deployed to provide immediate healthcare assistance as needed.
Additional deputy commissioner (General) Navneet Kaur Bal has been appointed as the overall in-charge of relief operations and flood prevention measures. She will be stationed at Sultanpur Lodhi to oversee all arrangements, ensuring seamless coordination and execution.
Though the district administration has urged residents of low-lying areas to reach safe places, people are not leaving their houses completely and are shifting only the children and women to safe places, mainly with their relatives.
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