NEW DELHI: Despite very little monsoon rain having been witnessed in Punjab in the past three days, only three of the total 25 breaches at different places across the state have been plugged so far.
Most of the breaches are in the embankments of the Ghaggar in Sangrur and Patiala districts. The three breaches plugged included a portion of the Tangri bandh and at Khatauli village in Patiala, and at Chandu village in Sangrur. The fourth one at Haryu Kalan village in Patiala, which was plugged yesterday, gave way today.
Lack of skilled manpower has made the operations difficult. “While work on repairing breaches is mostly carried out during daytime, it usually gets undone at night by strong water currents,” says an Irrigation Department officer.