Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 18
The state government has spent Rs 50 crore on flood preventive measures, including cleaning of drains this monsoon season.
Disclosing this during his live #Ask Captain Facebook interaction, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said cleaning of 1,400 km of the total 2,100 km of drains in the state had been completed while the rest was being done expeditiously. Another 42 projects of flood protection were in full swing, he said.
Observing that a heavy inflow of water at Bhakra dam last year due to melting of snow had caused floods in the state, the Chief Minister said the Bhakra Beas Management Board had been asked to increase outflow to create a flood cushion. He said outflows had increased to 30,000 cusecs two months ago and reservoir level stood at 1,335 ft, which was around 20 ft lower than the last year.
Capt Amarinder said as Pong dam was rainfed, outflows had increased to the level of 15,000 cusecs, with reservoir level being at 1,335 ft, which was 8 ft higher than the last year. In the case of Ranjit Sagar dam, outflows have increased to 14,664 cusecs and the reservoir level was at 512 metres, which was around 1 ft more than the last year.
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