Breach in Kasur Branch Lower plugged

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Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, June 23

A breach occurred on Tuesday in the Kasur Branch Lower (KBL) near Shahabpur village, 10 km from here making the situation fearful as it was the same point where there was a breach occurred before less than a year before. Crops in thousands of acres were washed away then.

Rashmider Pal Singh, SDO (Canal), said he received the information about the breach at about six am and reached the spot with employees of the department and the breached was repaired shortly with no loss to the crops.

The SDO said it was the handywork of mischievous element. The SDO, said meanwhile the condition of the Canal, too, was not in a good condition and it deserves repair. He said four years earlier, the department had made a project worth Rs 1,600 crore to repair, renovation and modernisation of the Upper Bari Doab Canal (UBDC) but due to the lack of the funds from the government the work on the project had not been started as yet.

The flow of the water was not towards the fields of farmers but towards the Patti road side, as a results there was no loss except the wastage of Canal water.

The Workers Kisan Mazdoor Sanghrash Committee lodged their protest at the breach site by calling it the negligence on the part of the government and the department.

Photo caption- The SDO Rashmider Pal Singh, supervising the breach rearing work and the farmers lodging protest in Shahabpur village on Tuesday. Photos: Gurbax Puri.