Overview

• District officials reported roughly 100-foot breaches at two spots each near Motla and Mehtabpur, clarifying earlier accounts that described overflow.
• Water has begun to recede in several Mukerian villages, while parts of the Tanda region remain inundated after days of flooding.
• Inflows reached about 1.58 lakh cusecs against a discharge of roughly 59,000 cusecs, with Pong Dam at 1,385.48 ft compared with its 1,390 ft limit.
• Evacuations and relief operations continued as NGOs used boats to move residents, camps sheltered people and livestock, and the Red Cross distributed water, sanitation kits and medicines.
• Punjab’s water resources minister visited affected areas, pledged compensation and reinforcement of bunds, and authorities closed schools in Hoshiarpur (Aug 26–27) and in Pathankot, Jalandhar and Kapurthala (Aug 26), set up a 24/7 control room and issued helpline 0181-2240064.