Villages face flood-like situation in Hisar district

Tribune News Service

Deepender Deswal

Hisar, July 26

The first spell of the monsoon rain has caused a flood-like situation in several villages of Hansi and Narnaund subdivisions of the district as the rainwater has waterlogged the fields, streets and even the school and hospitals located in these villages.

Promises unfulfilled

Last year, the Deputy Commissioner had visited our village to take stock of the waterlogging situation and had promised solid measures. However, nothing has been done. Rajesh Kumar, Panch, Ghiray Village

Officials of the district administration had visited these areas last year and promised measures to avoid waterlogging in these villages. However, large tracts of land at Ghiray, Singhwa Ragho, Gurana, Kharkari, Rajli, Niyana, Datta, Bahbalpur and Masoodpur villages stand waterlogged after the recent spell of rain.

Local residents have been trying to drain out water but the drains passing through the outskirts of their village are also overflowing, making their efforts futile.

Rajesh Kumar, a panch of Ghiray village, said there was about four feet of water in fields. “All the entry points of our village are inundated. The village school, temple and many streets, too, are flooded,” he said.

Kumar said they had raised the issue of waterlogging with Rural Development Minister Devender Babli during his visit to the village. He said the minister had assured us that appropriate measures would be taken. “Last year, the Deputy Commissioner had visited the village to take stock of the waterlogging situation and promised solid measures. However, things are still the same,” he said.

Krishan, a resident of Singhwa Ragho, said about 100 acres of agricultural land with kharif crops had been submerged under about three-four feet of water. “We are praying that there is no more rain as we fear complete loss of crops,” he said.

The villagers said in the absence of proper drainage of rainwater, residents resorted to diverting the standing water to adjoining villages to save their crops. “All this just causes enmity between villages,” he said.

Labour and Employment Minister Anoop Dhanak had inspected some villages on Monday and directed officials of the Irrigation, Public Health Engineering and Electricity Departments to install pump-sets and work in tandem to drain out rainwater from the villages.

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