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Panic grips Fatehgarh Sahib
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 7
With the flood-like situation in areas of Fatehgarh Sahib, panic has gripped the residents over the rumours of water damaging houses, roads and recently sown paddy crop. There is flood scare in about 180 villages of the area. Residents of villages situated along Sirhind Canal are disturbed over the rise in water level.
“There is hardly any information about weather, water level and damage caused by incessant rains. We rush from one place to another after reports of water entering into villages,” said Tejwant Singh of Bassi Pathana.
He said the villagers with the help of government officials had plugged patches of Bhakra Canal near Thablan village yesterday but so far lack of coordination among people and the government officials has lead to chaos all around.
Water level is increasing as incessant rains continued on the fourth day today. The newly constructed roads have also been damaged.
The road leading to Mahadiyan village from Sirhind and the link road near the administrative complex has developed cracks and weakened at many places. Water has also entered the MC building, grain market and residential areas of Sirhind.
Illegal constructions over the Sirhind Choe have blocked the path of water and it has come out on the roads and residential areas near Dashnami Akhara.
Sikandar Singh of Marofal said the villagers were forced to break roads to pave way for the water. The roads constructed near Kotla village adjoining the Farmer Training Centre do not have siphons and few thin pipes are not enough to drain out the large amounts of rainwater. He added that nearly 100 acres in the village had submerged.
Shaheedgarh, Mahadiyan, Raipur Gujran, Mehmudpur, Meerpur and Jodhpur are also affected due to the continuous rains. Though Deputy Commissioner Yashvir Majahan rushed to the affected areas and pacified villagers, but the residents rued that the water had damaged their crop, houses and roads due to lack of pro-active approach of the administration.
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 7
With the flood-like situation in areas of Fatehgarh Sahib, panic has gripped the residents over the rumours of water damaging houses, roads and recently sown paddy crop. There is flood scare in about 180 villages of the area. Residents of villages situated along Sirhind Canal are disturbed over the rise in water level.
“There is hardly any information about weather, water level and damage caused by incessant rains. We rush from one place to another after reports of water entering into villages,” said Tejwant Singh of Bassi Pathana.
He said the villagers with the help of government officials had plugged patches of Bhakra Canal near Thablan village yesterday but so far lack of coordination among people and the government officials has lead to chaos all around.
Water level is increasing as incessant rains continued on the fourth day today. The newly constructed roads have also been damaged.
The road leading to Mahadiyan village from Sirhind and the link road near the administrative complex has developed cracks and weakened at many places. Water has also entered the MC building, grain market and residential areas of Sirhind.
Illegal constructions over the Sirhind Choe have blocked the path of water and it has come out on the roads and residential areas near Dashnami Akhara.
Sikandar Singh of Marofal said the villagers were forced to break roads to pave way for the water. The roads constructed near Kotla village adjoining the Farmer Training Centre do not have siphons and few thin pipes are not enough to drain out the large amounts of rainwater. He added that nearly 100 acres in the village had submerged.
Shaheedgarh, Mahadiyan, Raipur Gujran, Mehmudpur, Meerpur and Jodhpur are also affected due to the continuous rains. Though Deputy Commissioner Yashvir Majahan rushed to the affected areas and pacified villagers, but the residents rued that the water had damaged their crop, houses and roads due to lack of pro-active approach of the administration.
