Floods along the Indo-Pak border near Shahpur outpost in Ajnala were found in water.
7 districts of Punjab are in the grip of floods. Paddy-Ganna and maize crops have been submerged in about one and a half lakh acres. This scene of destruction has been seen after 37 years. Earlier in 1988 such situations were created.
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Due to the water being released from Ranjit Sagar and Pong Dam, people are imprisoned in houses in 150 villages of Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Ferozepur. BSF posts in Ajnala of Tarn Taran are submerged in water. 360 soldiers are stranded here. There is 5 to 10 feet of water in the villages. The children are scared.
Farmers’ motors made rooms have been submerged in the fields. Their roof is visible. Animals stand in water up to 5 feet. There are more than 50 border villages where relief material has not yet reached.
Pathankot, People settled on the outskirts of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Ferozepur say that such a scene was not even in the 1988 flood. Even in 2023, two and a half million acres of crop of these villages were submerged in water. Then and now the only difference is that the water came slowly and this time the water has increased suddenly. The Bhaskar team reached the villages of Ajnala to know the situation in the ground. Read in what circumstances people are living here….
People moving towards village Shopian. Here the water was filled up to 6-6 feet, people leaving in search of a safe place.
Read in a sequential manner the situation of the people of the border districts ……
BSF’s Shahpur outpost in flood MP Gurjit Singh Aujla, who visited the flood affected areas of Amritsar-Taranasran, said that about 360 BSF personnel were trapped in the outposts in Ajnala light in Amritsar. They need to be rescued immediately. MP Gurjit Singh Aujla has demanded the Prime Minister, Home Minister, Defense Minister and CM Bhagwant Mann to intervene immediately and to speed up the rescue operation. During this, he was accompanied by former MLA Harpratap Singh Ajnala, Commandant Rajesh Rana.
In Tarn Taran, water from Pakistan came to the Indian border, which broke the fencing. The villagers, along with the BSF, took the front and tried to save the fencing.
Water up to 6 feet in the village, people living on the roof Kulwant Christ, who hails from Gaggomahl in Amritsar, said that the village is filled with water up to 6 feet. People have water inside the houses. My house is two storey, so people have been kept by putting tents on its roof. It has been 12 hours since we were imprisoned in our own homes, but no administration person has reached here yet.
Dhusi dam was filled with water, stuff was washed away in front of eyes Joban, a resident of Ghonwal village in Amritsar, said that the situation has become bad. After 4 pm on Wednesday, the Dhusi dam was broken here and people in the villages around Ghnewal did not even get time to remove their animals and goods. Our belongings were swept away in front of us. There has been so much water here that there is no dry place to set foot. On the first day, even the army trucks and kashtis could not work. Finally the Army’s Aphibian vehicles were landed.
Ephibian vehicles landing in water to help people trapped in floods.
The house was surrounded by water, some people of the army came and then left Mangal Singh of village Shopian of Amritsar told that the water reached the village through Killanwali around two and a half in the night. Look at my house, it is surrounded by water from all sides. There are only a few houses here, but all the people are trapped in their homes. In the afternoon, BSF and some army personnel came. Reviewed the area for two hours and then left.
Water has arrived at 12 o’clock, sitting on the first floor Subhash of Thoba village of Ajnala in Amritsar says that water came around 12 o’clock in the night. He immediately took out his vehicles. Now there is water up to 7-7 feet. People are sitting on the first floor of the houses. The administration is making efforts, the situation is bad in Ramdas and people are being rescued. The administration has not reached here yet. In the morning, relief material arrived with the help of some volunteers and Baba Ji. Tried to go from the tractor to the village, but the water is so high that he could not even go by the tractor.
A person from Jaipur came to work Krishna, a resident of Jaipur in the Border village Ramdas of Amritsar, also got caught in the flood. He told that he had come to work in construction in Ramdas. Water came here while making dividers. Sitting here from 12 nights on Wednesday night. If there was no relief, then decided to move forward on its own.
Could not be careful due to water coming Kulwinder Singh of the village couples of Dera Baba Nanak of Gurdaspur said that the water came completely, which did not even get a chance to recover. When Ravi’s Dhusi dam was overflowed, he immersed the entire Dera Baba Nanak. Many villages like Sadhanwali, Maan, Samrawan, Kalanwali etc. are in the grip of floods. We told the administration that many people are trapped in homes.
The minister agreed-Dhusi dam was weak Minister Barinder Goyal said that Punjab is ready for every disaster. He admitted that the Dhusi dams that were damaged had become the island and became weak. At some places where the Dhusi dams are broken, they will be investigated. Action will definitely be taken on the responsibilities.
He further said that the Punjab government is standing with the people. The government and administration are reaching where there is floods. DCs of the districts are inspecting the flood areas themselves. The water is growing rapidly. This situation is not of Ajnala and Ramdas of Amritsar. Many districts including Jalandhar and Kapurthala (Sultanpur Lodhi) are in flood. Punjab is ready to deal with every situation, but no one can control in front of nature.
Children and women rescued in Dera Baba Nanak.
Now know what situation in which district …
- Pathankot-Gurdaspur: The most hit of the Ravi river is Pathankot and then in Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur. Talking about Pakistan across the border, the district Nerwal of Pakistan adjoining Dera Baba Nanak has been completely hit by Ravi. In Pathankot, water has broken the contact routes connecting Jammu. At the same time, the situation has worsened due to the breakdown of the flood gate of Madhepur Headworks. The Kartarpur Sahib Corridor in Dera Baba Nanak has 7 to 10 feet of water. The Dhusi dam built here has also broken from 6 places, due to which 15 villages in the area have been submerged.
- Amritsar-Taranasran: Ravi’s water is constantly engulfed by the villages of these two districts. 40 villages of Tarn Taran are in the grip of floods in Amritsar. The Dhasi dam built to stop Ravi’s water in Ghnewal under Ajnala in Amritsar broke at 4 pm on Wednesday. This made the situation such that till now the water is continuously moving forward. By Thursday evening, this water reached the villages coming within a 16 km radius towards the border. After Ramdas, this water has crossed Gaggomahal village. Talking about Ajnala town, the distance of flood water is only 8 km left. If the water level of Ravi rises, Ajnala can also be in the grip of flood.
- Fazilka-Abohar: Shanno of Valle Shah, village of Fazilka, told that the water had come a lot. We are somewhere else and our children are elsewhere. We have to come under the shed here due to animals, we cannot take the animals anywhere else. Water has come on the way to the relief camp. At the same time, Jeevan Singh of Tahni village of Fazilka said that the situation has deteriorated quite bad. There are worse situations than 2023. People are leaving the villages. Children are coming out with goods and animals.
Learn when floods caused damage to Punjab
- 1988: According to government data, the 1988 flood has been considered as the worst disaster in Punjab. In 1988, about 10% of the area of Punjab was hit by floods. At that time, the Sutlej and Beas rivers wreaked havoc. At that time more than 4,000 villages were submerged and crops were destroyed on a large scale.
- 2023: About 8 percent of the total area of Punjab was hit by floods. About 2.21 lakh hectares of area was submerged in it. Which was about 8 percent of the total area of the entire Punjab.
- 2025: Minister Goyal says that this time the situation is bad since 1988. It is difficult to assess how much the loss has been done. These figures will be revealed only after the water comes out.
Dera Baba Nanak’s water crossed the road and reached Gaggomhal. Ahead of this, the villages have been submerged in water till Ramdas.
Worried for Punjab for the next three days The upcoming three days for Punjab remain worrisome. According to the Meteorological Center (IMD), yellow alert has been issued in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh till September 1. Punjab’s Ranjit Sagar Dam and Pong Dam are above the danger mark, while the Bhakra Dam is also near the danger mark.
The full filler of Bhakra Dam is 1685 feet, while till August 28, it recorded 1671.9 feet, which is 91.18 percent of the total capacity. If the Bhakra dam also started releasing water, then the districts around the Sutlej river will also be in the grip of floods.
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