Over 200 affected people rescued so far in Jalandhar: Deputy Commissioner

Situation under control in district, rescued people shifted to relief centres

Jalandhar: Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal said that the district administration has so far rescued around 200 people safely during rescue operations and all these people have been shifted to relief camps.

Punjab Government committed to keeping people from floods

Taking stock of the situation during his visits in the field, the DC said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led state government was committed to ensuring safety of people from flood-like situation. He further mentioned that all the rescued people have been shifted to relief centers where all the necessary facilities were being provided to them.  The deputy commissioner further stated that the situation is completely under control in the district and officers were camping in flood-prone areas to keep a close tab over the entire operation.

The DC said that a large number of sand bags have been prepared in Nakodar, Phillaur, Shahkot and Lohian blocks so that they can be used to plug breaches and curtailing erosion. He also said that the medical teams have been deployed in the field which were serving the medical facilities in the affected areas adding that teams of NDRF, Army and SDRF were also deployed to carry out rescue operations in a coordinated manner.