Finally, the Jammu and Kashmir government has formulated Standard Operating Procedures for controlled breach of the Jhelum embankment at Kandizal during flooding. Under the SOPs, the Superintending Engineer, Hydraulic Circle, Irrigation and Flood Control Department will deploy excavators for the controlled breach, allowing excess floodwaters to be diverted into designated low-lying plains to prevent inundation of densely populated areas downstream, including Srinagar. The government has clarified that there is no plan to construct an alternate flood channel from Kandizal as a flood mitigation measure. The Kandizal breach has always been a contentious issue in Kashmir. There have been several voices against such measures in the past. Now, the government has removed the ambiguity to put al

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