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Haryana CM Manohar Lal took stock of flood-affected Sirsa and Fatehabad in a helicopter.
Tomorrow the weather will be in Haryana. According to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of light rain in some districts. At the same time, 18 gates of Hathini Kund barrage have been opened in Yamunanagar. This water will go ahead of Yamunanagar in Yamuna to Delhi via Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat and Sonipat. Due to which the danger of flood has arisen in these cities as well.
The water level in Hathini Kund barrage was 2 lakh 23 thousand 054 cusecs at 11 am on Saturday after the rains in the mountains. Whereas by 2 o’clock it reached 2 lakh 51 thousand 987 cusecs. The danger level of the barrage is 70 thousand cusecs.
On the other hand, in village Baliala of Ratia block of Fatehabad, the villagers found husband and wife who had been swept away by the Ghagghar river. Those who were pulled out by the villagers were immediately taken to Ratia’s hospital. Both are not in a condition to speak.
People saved a young man and a woman who were drowning in flood water in Fatehabad.
fast flow of water in ghaggar
Meanwhile, CM Manohar Lal conducted an aerial survey of Fatehabad and Sirsa. The CM said that there has been waterlogging in Tohana, Bhuna, Jakhal, Fatehabad and villages along the Otu lake in Sirsa. Right now there is a strong current in the Ghaggar. He said that 12 districts were affected by floods, water has receded from 10 districts. Water will be removed by pumping in those that are left. Those who have suffered losses will be compensated in the coming weeks.
Water flowing from Hathini Kund barrage after opening of flood gate in Yamuna Nagar.
15 thousand cusecs of water released in Ambala’s Tangri river
On the other hand, 15 thousand cusecs of water has been released in Tangri river of Ambala. Due to which the situation has started deteriorating once again. Several feet of water has filled the houses. People are coming out of their houses. School holidays have been done.
After the increase in the water level of Tangri river in Ambala, the people around are reaching to sense the danger.
Alert in 12 villages of Karnal
After releasing water from Hathini Kund Barrage, the danger of flood has increased in the villages of Indri, Kunjpura and Gharaunda areas of Karnal. The administration has issued an alert in about 12 villages of Indri’s area.
Yamuna is in spate near village Lalupura in Karnal. Here earthen bags have been put on the dams.
The main dam of Ghaggar river broke in Sirsa
The main dam of Ghaggar river breached near Mallewala in Sirsa. There was a stir among the villagers as soon as the news of the break of the dam was received. They have started building a dam by pouring soil on the main road of the village. There is a danger of flood water entering other villages from here.
The water level of Ghaggar has increased due to continuous rains in Panchkula.
Opposition of leaders in Sirsa
Due to Rangoi drain in Sirsa, the administration is building 2 dams. Due to water reaching National Highway 9, representatives of all political parties of Sirsa reached among the farmers to take stock of the situation. On which the farmers raised slogans against him. No leader was given an opportunity to speak. The farmers raised slogans against the BJP government. Seeing the protests, the politicians quietly returned.
Pictures of flood situation in Haryana…
Villagers engaged in building a dam on the road after the Ghaggar main dam broke in Sirsa.
Water logging in Ghaggar river due to dam breach.
DC Parth Gupta and SP Uday Meena arrived to take stock after the Ghaggar main dam broke in Sirsa.
In Sirsa, after the Ghaggar’s main dam broke, water came and waterlogged in the fields.
It rained in many districts in the morning
It rained in many districts of Haryana on Saturday morning. Karnal region has received maximum rainfall since morning at 44 mm. After this, 30.5 mm of rain has been recorded in Panchkula and 17.5 mm in Yamunanagar. Dabwali of Sirsa has received 0.5 mm of rain.
Gokul Setia, grandson of former minister Lachhman Das Arora, engaged in building a dam with villagers in Sirsa.
Earlier it was weak near Mattad
The embankment had weakened on Thursday near village Mattad. The track of the dam was 20 feet, which remained only 5 feet. Soil was needed to strengthen the dam, but for this it was not easy to bring soil from far away. Then two farmers got the soil lifted from their 10 acres of paddy fields on the banks of the dam. Villagers strengthened the embankment by picking up soil from 5 acres each of farmers Kala Singh and Niranjan Singh. 10-10 feet of soil was raised from both the fields.
Farmer reached even after son-in-law’s death
The son-in-law of farmer Niranjan Singh died on Thursday. At that time, he was mourning at his son-in-law’s house, when he came to know that the dam was about to break, he returned to the dam after performing the last rites. I was very sad to see the water of the dam, but still saved thousands of acres of crops from drowning by picking up soil from my 5 acres of crops and worked shoulder to shoulder with the farmers.