Even as farmers in Sasrali and Boothgarh villages continue to wait for suitable compensation for flood losses, the Sutlej is continuing to cause fresh damage to agricultural fields on a daily basis. Villagers claim that 1-2 acres of fertile land are being eroded every day as the river cuts into the field edges and deposits sand. Farmers are particularly alarmed as the damage continues despite the strengthening of the dhussi bundh during the recent floods.

Speaking to The Tribune, Devinder Singh Nagra of Sasrali village said: “The water has started flowing towards the fields and is daily cutting into the edges to swallow more of our sown land. We are unable to find any solution. The villagers feel the only respite would be to divert the Sutlej flow to the other side, otherwise more fertile

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