JAIPUR: As rainwater has started receding on Haryana side of the Ghaggar River since Tuesday morning, the situation in Hanumangarh is still ‘sensitive’. Officials of the district administration and state water resources department (WRD) are apprehending imposition of ‘red alert’ in the district in the next 72 hours.
“The level water in the Hanumangarh part of Ghaggar River has increased to close to 17,000 cusecs on Tuesday evening. The river bed can handle around 17,000 to 18,000 cusecs of water.
We are going to declare a red alert once the level touches to 20,000 cusecs,” said a spokesperson from the district administration. Officials of the WRD had stated that in the next two to three days level of water may touch even to 30,000 cusecs and if it happens, it would be declared as ‘critically sensitive’.
“We would be able to drain out around 8,000 to 9,000 cusecs of water, maximum up to 10,000 cusecs of water, through the intake structure of the Indira Gandhi Canal. We had already the dredged the soil and had started opening the gates of the canal,” an official claimed.
Meanwhile, the district administration had advised the local residents not panic unnecessarily. The officials had assured that all possible helps and relief preparations are in place and would be implemented as and when required. “We have forced anybody to leave their villages at present.
However, upon our advice a few villagers had moved to relatives’ places and a few other had shifted to the government relief shelters,” another district official added. Since the water in Ghaggar River is moving at snail pace and it would take more 72 hours for excessive water to reach the district the district officials had sent back the six RAS officials – who had been deployed in Hanumangarh – to their designated work places.
They may be recalled as and when required. Meanwhile, the district BJP committee had opened a helpline number for residents of villages on banks of the river and had kept several relief workers ready to volunteer the relief programme, if it requires.
“The level water in the Hanumangarh part of Ghaggar River has increased to close to 17,000 cusecs on Tuesday evening. The river bed can handle around 17,000 to 18,000 cusecs of water.
We are going to declare a red alert once the level touches to 20,000 cusecs,” said a spokesperson from the district administration. Officials of the WRD had stated that in the next two to three days level of water may touch even to 30,000 cusecs and if it happens, it would be declared as ‘critically sensitive’.
“We would be able to drain out around 8,000 to 9,000 cusecs of water, maximum up to 10,000 cusecs of water, through the intake structure of the Indira Gandhi Canal. We had already the dredged the soil and had started opening the gates of the canal,” an official claimed.
Meanwhile, the district administration had advised the local residents not panic unnecessarily. The officials had assured that all possible helps and relief preparations are in place and would be implemented as and when required. “We have forced anybody to leave their villages at present.
However, upon our advice a few villagers had moved to relatives’ places and a few other had shifted to the government relief shelters,” another district official added. Since the water in Ghaggar River is moving at snail pace and it would take more 72 hours for excessive water to reach the district the district officials had sent back the six RAS officials – who had been deployed in Hanumangarh – to their designated work places.
They may be recalled as and when required. Meanwhile, the district BJP committee had opened a helpline number for residents of villages on banks of the river and had kept several relief workers ready to volunteer the relief programme, if it requires.
