Overview

• Water Resources Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal and fellow ministers inspected inundated areas in Ferozepur and Tarn Taran, prioritizing relocations, healthcare, food supplies and livestock care.
• A ministerial committee is directing relief in Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur and Fazilka, with eight cabinet ministers assigned to supervise operations.
• Officials reported 69,800 cusecs discharged at Shah Nehar barrage with the reservoir at 1,384.45 feet near the 1,390-foot danger mark, while roughly 1.15 lakh cusecs flowed in the Beas.
• In Kapurthala’s Baupur area, Beas waters receded by about two feet as Rs 2 crore was released for district relief and additional SDRF teams were requested.
• Embankment protection and alerts continued, including MGNREGA work at Kanwali and the evacuation of Abdullapur, as farmers sought higher payouts than last year’s Rs 7,200 per acre.