Cabinet Minister, DC, SSP visit flood-affected villages in Ferozepur
Tendiwala embankment damage due to release of excess water from Pakistan, timely arrangements save heavy losses
Cabinet Minister Rana Gurmeet Sodhi directs officials to evaluate the loss caused by floods within 15 days
Ferozepur, August 25, 2019: In the wake of embankment damage at village Tendiwala due to heavy discharge of water from Pakistan, the cabinet minister Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Chander Gaind and SSP Vivek S. Soni today visited the village to oversee the progress work of repairing the damaged embankment.
Having inspected the repair work, the minister reiterated the commitment to compensate every single penny of the loss incurred by the floods, adding that he directed the deputy commissioner to prepare a report of loss within 15 days be it the damage of houses, livestock, and crops and submit it with the government.
Sodhi Said that the state government is stood by the people in this hour of crisis and will leave no stone unturned to facilitate the people affected. He further added that it was the alertness of the district administration that the repair work of damaged embankment was started just after receiving the information; otherwise, it could have brought havoc over the villages.
The minister stated that the state government has already sought relief package of Rs. 1000 Crore for Punjab from the central government and to push this demand Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is going to have a meeting with the central government.
The minister had a meeting with the habitants of village Tendiwala and paid Rs. 15000 from his pocket as compensation bore by the villagers as fuel expenses to repair the embankment. He asked district administration to pay the other expenses to the villages as well, which was incurred by them while this repair job.
The minister lauded the efforts of deputy commissioner Chander Gaind to deploy Army and NDFR team well in time to repair the damaged embankment besides deputing teams of health and other key departments to combat any kind of flood-like situation. Sodhi revealed that this situation came up due to heavy water discharge from Pakistan, which caused severe damage to the embankment, adding he said that the danger is over now as the embankment has been secured.