13 houses damaged in Fatehpur

r Correspondent

NURPUR, JULY 19

As many as 13 houses were damaged at Nagoh village in Fatehpur of Kangra district as the water of a flooded nullah entered these last night.

The scared villagers raised the alarm but due to torrential rain, nobody turned up to their rescue and they spent the night in their damaged houses.

Three cattle were feared to have been washed away. The flood water also entered fields, damaging the maize and paddy crops.

An electricity pole was also uprooted, plunging the rural area into darkness. Mahinder, Gurial, Rajinder, Subhash, Shanker, Balbir, Prem and Jagat Ram, residents of the village, had suffered the maximum loss.

SDM Ankush Sharma, along with the field revenue staff, rushed to the spot this morning and shifted them to a local gurdwara. The administration has released Rs 80,000 to 11 affected families as an interim relief and ration kits to 12 families. He said the staff had been directed to prepare a report so that a compensation could be released to the villagers as per the government relief manual.