Punjab Water Resources Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria on Wednesday said that 12 breaches have been successfully plugged so far and the work of plugging remaining breaches is on at war footing and they will also be plugged in coming days.
Sarkaria, who has been in the field closely supervising and monitoring the work of plugging the breaches, also donated his one month’s salary into the Chief Minister Relief Fund for relief and rehabilitation of the flood victims.
“This natural calamity has caused major damage to the state, but with the concerted efforts of Punjab Government and volunteers of various organizations, 12 breaches have been successfully plugged,” he said.
He said that nine breaches at Meowal and Mau Sahib villages in Phillaur sub-division were successfully plugged, and the work of plugging 168 feet wide breach at Bholewal village in Ludhiana district was completed on Saturday. Two breaches were also plugged at Kishanpura village in Moga district, he added.