Soil erosion at the embankment of the Sultej in Sasrali Colony village continues to raise fear of breach and to prevent any untoward incident, the bandh strengthening work has been intensified by the authorities. Further, heavy rain forecast for two to three days has also panicked villagers.

It is learnt that the weatherman has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the region on October 6 to 7. The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has opened floodgates of Bhakra and Pong dams on Saturday to release 40,000 cusecs of water in a controlled manner in the Sutlej and Beas.

The Tribune team visited Sasrali Colony on Sunday to take stock of the present situation and found that the bandh erosion was taking place at some places and to prevent breach in the bandh, sand beds were being laid

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