Chandigarh Administration bans entry of humans, animals in water bodies amid heavy rain

To prevent loss of life due to continuous rainfall, the UT Administration has restricted the entry of humans and pet animals or cattle in water bodies like lakes, ponds, nalas, choes etc.

District Magistrate Nishant Kumar Yadav stated that due to continuous or regular heavy rainfall, the water bodies and choes such as Patiala ki Rao, Sukhna Choe etc are overflowing and entering into the water bodies by human, pet animals or cattle for various purposes like fishing, swimming, etc can put their lives in danger.

“So, there is an urgent need to restrict the entry of human and pet animals/cattle in these water bodies like lakes, ponds, nalas, choes etc for all purposes so that their lives are not put at stake,” he said.

As an emergency measure, the District Magistrate, under Section 163 of the BNSS-2023, ordered that no person shall himself go or take cattle/pet animals inside the nalas, choes, rivulets, lakes, ponds and other similar water bodies such as Patiala ki Rao, Sukhna Choe etc in Chandigarh. Any breach of this order would invite action under Section 223 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, he added.

The order will not apply to the Disaster Management Team/police or military or paramilitary personnel and other government servants engaged in rescue operations or the activities authorised by the competent authority.

The order will be effective for a period of 60 days upto and including October 31.