Chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said the state government will try to reduce the area of the Pong Dam eco sensitive zone so that the local people get relief and are able to do farming in the area during the period when the water level of the dam decreases. He added that the state government has declared Kangra district as …
Due to the heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, the Pong Dam on the Beas river and Bhakra-Nangal Dam on the Sutlej continued to receive heavy inflow on Wednesday, posing a threat to districts downstream in Punjab. Bhakra Dam received inflow of 45,509 cusecs and 68,844 cusecs of water was released on Wednesday as the water …
Chandigarh : As the water level of the Pong dam on Beas rose by over two feet on Monday, the Bhakra Beas Management Board opened the floodgates releasing 13,848 cusecs of water, officials said. As the water level of the Pong dam on Beas rose by over two feet on Monday, the Bhakra Beas Management Board opened the floodgates releasing …
After the water resources department insisted, the Bhakra Beas Management Board on Wednesday decided not to release any additional water from Bhakra Dam over the Sutlej and Pong Dam the Beas. Due to heavy rainfall from Saturday to Monday, the water bodies, including dam reservoirs, rivers, canals and khuds received so much water that it led to flooding in Punjab …
The Bhakra Beas Management Board on Wednesday released 10,000 cusecs of water from Pong Dam into the Beas river to offset the surplus inflow into the reservoir. Locals walk along the eroded riverbank damaged by the swollen Beas river following heavy monsoon rains in Himachal Pradesh. Upstream of the dam, however, the river is still receiving around 80,000 cusecs of …
