Deputy Commissioner briefs about the damage caused by floods
Sultanpur Lodhi (September 5): 4 member central team sent by the Government of India to survey the flood-affected areas of Punjab visited the flood-affected areas at Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district today.
The team includes RK Tiwari, CEA, Ministry of Power, Laxman Ram Buldak, Director, Agriculture, Shri Sudeep Dutta, Under Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, Prakash Chand, Deputy Director, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
On reaching Sultanpur Lodhi, Deputy Commissioner, Kapurthala, Amit Kumar Panchal briefed the team about the flow of the Beas River and badly affected Baupur Island.
The members of the central team went by boat and interacted with the affected families at Baupur and Sangra to get information about the damage caused. Team also inspected the government school Baupur.
Deputy Commissioner Mr. Amit Kumar Panchal gave detailed information to the central team about the damage caused by floods in Kapurthala district and said that crops have been damaged in an area of about 35 thousand acres in Kapurthala district.
Apart from this, the infrastructure has also been damaged. He said that the flood water has caused huge losses to the people in the villages of Sultanpur Lodhi, Bholath and Kapurthala tehsils.
The Deputy Commissioner also informed that the administration has been carrying out relief work since August 11, under which dry ration packets, medicines and other necessary items have been delivered to the people through boats.
The administration is also working on 4 relief centers for the accommodation of the people. Similarly, more than 1500 people were brought out safely from the flood-affected areas by the SDRF and the Indian Army.
After this, the central team held a meeting with the officials at the local rest house. During the meeting, team received information about the damage from officials of various departments such as Revenue, Electricity Board, Animal Husbandry, Education Department, Agriculture and other departments.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Navneet Kaur Bal, Chief Engineer Public Works Department Ramtej Singh Bains, SDM Alka Kalia and others were present on the occasion.
