Administration setup Unified control and Collection centre in Lohian
DC reiterated commitment to bail out people in this hour of crisis
By Amrit Pal Brar
Jania (Jalandhar), August 23-
The Indian Army today started a mammoth exercise to plug the biggest breach on Satluj at village Jania, which was around 500 feet wide in Shahkot Sub Division.
The unit of 267 Engineers Regiment led by Colonel Bharat Bhalla started the exercise in the presence of Lok Sabha MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh, MLA Hardev Singh Laddi and Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma
The Jawans of Indian Army along with the volunteers of Baba Balbeer Singh Seechewal and Water Resources department started the exercise to plug in the breach which has resulted in flood in several surrounding villages. For ensuring the smooth and hassle free operation the district administration has pumped in lot of resources.
Divulging the details, the Deputy Commissioner said that in consonance with the firm commitment of the state government led by Chief Minister Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to bail out the residents of marooned villages the district administration had called in the Army to plug in this breach.
He said that required logistics for plugging in the breach like sand bags, boulders and others were being pumped to ensure that the work was completed without any delay. Sharma said that necessary directions have been passed to the authorities expediting the work on this ambitious project.
The Deputy Commissioner further said that the Additional Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh was the overall incharge of this ambitious campaign to plug in the drive.
He said that the work of plugging in the other breaches at village Gatta Mandi Kassu, Mandiala and others would also be completed very soon. Mr
Sharma said that the district administration would leave no stone unturned to extend a helping hand to people in this hour of crisis.
Administration setup Unified control and Collection centre in Lohian
The district administration has established a Unified control and Collection and dispatch centre in Lohian to collect and dispatch the relief material for the marooned Lohian block. The centre has been set up in a marriage palace in Lohian which is working 24-hours.
Divulging the details, the deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said that with the heavy rush of generous people who have organized Langar and been distributing relief material in unorganized manner, there is huge traffic problem in town due to which the administration has been facing a lot of difficulties in carrying out the material for the plugging operations.
He appealed the people to hand over the relief material in this unified control and Collection and dispatch centre so that these can be provided to the flood-hit people through 21 dedicated boats (each boat allocated to one village).
The deputy commissioner said that SDM-2 Mr Paramvir Singh has been appointed as in-charge of the centre
Sharma said that in the boats, the officials from food and civil supply, health, animal husbandry, medicines, ration, fodder with the help of SDRF and NDRF was covering the flood-hit villages.
He said that each team was visiting house to house in these villages on boats to extend a helping hand to people and rescue willing person who are ready to leave their houses.
