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Rains continue to lash Punjab and Haryana
CHANDIGARH: Moderate to heavy rains continued to lash most places in Punjab and Haryana, with the water level of the already swollen Yamuna river further increasing today.
In Sonepat, several villages along the river's embankment have been put on alert while in Yamunanagar too, situation in many flood-prone villages is being closely monitored, officials said.
Following the release of 3.2 lakh cusecs of water from the Hathnikund barrage near Yamunanagar, there has been no let up in the fury of Yamuna near Sonepat in Haryana, a report said.
During the past two days, there have been heavy rains in the catchment area of Yamuna river in the upper hills of Himachal Pradesh.
Sonepat Deputy Commissioner Ajit Balaji Joshi said the villagers living in the low-lying areas and those along the river embankments were being regularly informed about the water level so that they can be prepared for evacuation, if needed.
In Haryana, rains lashed Sonepat, Gurgaon, Ambala, Kalka, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Faridabad, Karnal and Panipat.
In Punjab, places which will receive heavy rainfall includes Mohali, Ropar, Hoshiarpur, Moga and Ferozepur.
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