Strengthen sensitive points along bundhs to tackle floods in Tarn Taran, says DC

Deputy Commissioner Rahul has instructed officials of related departments to take proper steps in advance to tackle a possible flood situation in the district. He stated this during a meeting of the officials held at the District Administrative Complex here on Tuesday.

The Deputy Commissioner said the Drainage Department under the supervision of XEN of the department must strengthen all sensitive points of the bundhs on the dhussi and the advance bundh dhussi. The Deputy Commissioner said sites along the Sutlej at Muthianwala, Ram Singh Wala, Kutiwala, Radhalke, Bhangala, Gharunm, and Sabhra are to be strengthened.

The DC said drains and sub-distributaries too must be cleaned. He said drains as long as 145 km should be cleaned to effectively tackle a flood situation and work on these must be finished before June 30.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Rajdeep Singh Brar, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Sanjeev Sharma, Tarn Taran SDM Arwinderpal Singh, Patti SDM Dr Karanbir Singh, XEN (Drainage) Vishal Mehta, District Development and Panchayat Officer (DDPO) Abhinav Goel and other related officials also attended the meeting.