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Meet Hare said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is keeping a close eye on the flood situation and is constantly taking reports from the department. On the instructions of the Chief Minister, the department is monitoring the water situation in dams, rivers, canals and the work of gap filling is being done fast. During the meeting, Principal Secretary Water Resources Krishna Kumar presented a report on the current situation and detailed the ongoing works.
Meet Hare said that the reason for the situation in many districts of Punjab is the Mohledhar rain that fell on July 9 and 10. He gave the data and said that in normal times in Ropar, there is a total average of 288 mm of rain in the month of July, but this time 377 mm of rain fell in just two days. Similarly, in the month of July, total average rainfall was 208.6 mm and this time 266 mm was received in two days. If we talk about the whole of Punjab, the state used to receive 161.4 mm of rain in the month of July and this time 83.4 mm of rain was received in two days.
He said that the rain in Himachal Pradesh is also the main reason behind the excess water in the rivers of Punjab. Himachal Pradesh receives an average of 255.9 mm of rainfall in the month of July, while 195.8 mm of rain fell in two days on July 9 and 10.
Water Resources Minister @Meet_Hayer held a review meeting with officials of dept to take stock of flood situation in several districts due to excess water in rivers of state due to record breaking rains in Punjab & hilly areas & directed to speed up ongoing rescue & relief work. pic.twitter.com/03cf2DTEI7
— Government of Punjab (@PunjabGovtIndia) July 20, 2023
Meet Hare further informed that the department is monitoring the condition of all dams, rivers and canals every hour. He said that according to this morning’s report, the water level in Bhakra Dam is 1648.12 feet while the capacity is 1680 feet. The water level in Pong Dam is 1374 feet while the capacity is 1390 feet and the water level in Ranjit Sagar Dam is 1721.4 feet while the capacity is 1731.99 feet. Giving information about the water level in the three dams in the last 11 days due to Mohledhar rain and Badal eruption in the hilly areas, he said that from July 9 to July 20, the water level in Bhakra Dam has increased by 41.46 feet, in Pong Dam by 35.13 feet and in Ranjit Sagar Dam by 33.9 feet. He also clarified that during this season the flood gates were not opened even once from Bhakra Dam. A maximum of 35000 cusecs of water is released through the turbines which is required and essential for generating electricity.
The Punjab Water Resources Minister said that during the meeting, the incidents of breaching in the rivers at different places in the state were reviewed and instructions were given that the work of breaching should be done on a war footing. He said that many places have been completed and in some places only after the water level decreases, the work of gap filling can be started. In order to complete the work of gap filling at these places, the work of filling empty sacks has already been done on a large scale so that the gaps are filled immediately when the water recedes.
Gurmeet Singh Meet Hare said that according to the initial estimate, the department suffered a loss of Rs 90 crore due to floods. This damage has happened to canals and drains. Chief Engineer (Canals) NK Jain and Chief Engineer (Drainage) Hardeep Singh Mahindiratta were also present in the meeting.
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