Choked water passages behind Punjab flooding, say Experts
Choked water passages behind Punjab flooding, say Experts
Chandigarh: While the government is yet to commence any exercise on finding reasons for the flood situation, experts blame politicians and the administration in not addressing the potential threats in time.“The story is the same all over the state. I will give you just one example of Gidderpindi in Jalandhar district. The water channel here filled with silt. After repeated applications, we were assured that the silt would be cleared by November 2022. The issue remained unaddressed till June this year when we showed the ground to Nakodar MLA Inderjit Kaur Mann, Dharmkot MLA Devinderjeet Singh Laddi Dhose and MP Sushil Rinku. The work ultimately started last week of June and by then the monsoon had almost arrived”.
Owners of structures, mostly shops, on the banks do not allow desilting at many places, official sources said.
SE, Irrigation, Patiala, Manoj Bansal, said, “The encroachments and issues of unplanned constructions are correct, however, much of the problem this year is because of the very heavy volume of rain waters. We had never seen this volume of water since 1993. We need to sit and plan for the next 100 years”.
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