After last year's devastation, Punjab races against time to tame Ravi before monsoon fury returns
GURDASPUR: With memories of last year's devastating floods still haunting thousands of families in Gurdaspur, the Punjab water resources department has launched a massive de-silting drive in the Ravi river, hoping to prevent a repeat of the disaster that left villages submerged, crops destroyed and livelihoods shattered.
Officials say the work is being carried out on a "war footing" at Dharamkot Pattan, where heavy machinery is working round the clock to clear tonnes of silt and riverbed material that accumulated after last year's floods severely disrupted the river's natural flow.
Officials say the work is being carried out on a "war footing" at Dharamkot Pattan, where heavy machinery is working round the clock to clear tonnes of silt and riverbed material that accumulated after last year's floods severely disrupted the river's natural flow.
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