Reprieve for people of flood-hit Punjab

 

 

IN SOME reprieve for the people of flood-hit Punjab from incessant heavy rains, light showers at a few places were reported in the State during the past 24-hour period. Among the few parts of Punjab which received light rain during the 24-hour period ending 8:30 am Friday included Ludhiana 9.8 mm, Patiala 1.8 mm, Gurdaspur 1.7 mm, Faridkot 3.5 mm and Rupnagar 0.5 mm. Chandigarh, the common capital of Punjab and Haryana, received 0.9 mm rain during this period. In Haryana, during this period, Karnal had 9 mm, Narnaul 28.5 mm, Rohtak 17.4 mm, while Nuh received 2 mm rain. Haryana is also facing waterlogging and flooding in some parts.

 

On Thursday, the death toll in the devastating floods in Punjab rose to 43 while crops on 1.71 lakh hectares have got damaged. Flood situation eases in most parts of Kashmir: The flood situation in most parts of Kashmir eased on Friday as the water levels in the River Jhelum and other water bodies in the valley went below the danger mark in the wake of improvement in the weather, officials said. There has been very little rainfall across the Kashmir Valley in the past 24 hours and the water levels in the River Jhelum, its tributaries, and other water bodies across the Valley has started receding. The water level in the Jhelum was below the danger mark, the officials said. At other places as well, the water in the Jhelum is still above the danger mark but receding, they said.