7 stone studs worth Rs 1.36 cr to prevent floods in Kapurthala villages along Beas

Tribune News Service

Kapurthala, June 4

As a part of flood control measures, the district administration has taken steps to save the Mand area of Bholath and Sultanpur Lodhi sub-divisions from floods in the Beas as seven stone studs have been laid with Rs 1.36 crore under MGNREGA.

This would not only save 13,000 acres of fertile land in the Mand area of these two tehsils from direct floods but would also help in protecting the lives and property of the people living in the Mand area by setting up camps.

Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal, who took the initiative to set up the studs under MGNREGA, said it provided employment to workers during the Covid times. She said the work was carried out expeditiously with low cost.

She also inspected the work of studs at Mand Kulla in Bholath tehsil and Dera Hari Singh in Sultanpur on the banks of Beas with the officials of the Drainage Department today. She said the district administration had earlier identified the weak points on banks of Beas in Bholath and Sultanpur Lodhi constituencies which had witnessed large-scale floods one and half years ago.

These seven studs have been installed at important places so that the flow of the river could be channelised. XEN of Irrigation Department Gurtej Singh said four studs have been installed at Karamuwala Pattan of Sultanpur Lodhi at a cost of Rs 78.99 lakh. This would save 6,000 acres of cultivated land of villages such as Boole, Karamuwala, Kabirpur and Hazara from floods and erosion.

Weak points identified: DC

DC Deepti Uppal inspected the work of studs at Mand Kulla in Bholath tehsil and Dera Hari Singh in Sultanpur on the banks of Beas with the officials of the Drainage Department. She said the district administration had earlier identified the weak points on banks of Beas in Bholath and Sultanpur Lodhi constituencies which had witnessed large-scale floods one and half years ago.