Plug 350-ft-wide breach at Meowal village by today, officials told

Jalandhar, August 23

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma today directed officials of the Irrigation and Drainage Department to complete the work of plugging the 350-ft-wide breach at Meowal by tomorrow.

Notably, the work started a day after residents raised an alarm and began plugging the breach in the village which had already been the site of the first breach in Phillaur. Over 11 breaches in the district have occurred even since the Sutlej breached the dhussi bundh at river banks at Meowal in Phillaur.

The DC said the work of plugging the 350-ft-wide breach was going on in full swing. He said the work must be completed by all means till tomorrow morning. Sharma asked the department to pump in more resources so that the work was completed at the earliest. He thanked religious leaders of the area, including Baba Talwinder Singh (Kahana Dhesian), Baba Kashmira Singh and Baba Nirmal Singh for supporting the task.

Executive Engineer of Drainage Department Davinder Singh informed the Deputy Commissioner that the work was going on in full swing and 170 feet of the total 350 feet had already been plugged. Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner also met volunteers and MGNREGA workers involved in filling of sand bags for plugging the breach. — TNS