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The initiative, previously a forte of male Kar Sevaks (vounteers), has witnessed several woman Kar Sevaks filling sandbags and picking them on their shoulders or head to supply to the team doing the repair work.
The women in Jalandhar feel their participation in filling sandbags is inevitable as it requires lakhs of such bags to plug the breach and get prepared for the rain
A senior officer said that had the funds been allocated for repairing the bandh and constructing a pucca road (metalled road) on it, the state could have prevented floods in many areas.
Officials say Seechewal not letting them plug Sutlej breach; he denies around 35 feet deep, with several areas reeling under water which is 16 to 48 feet deep, requiring substantial labour and sandbags to be brought in to plug it.
The farmers were in for a pleasant surprise when they found the crop still standing despite having remained submerged for five days under five to six feet of water.
Kulwinder recalls the first devastating flood he faced in 1988 when around 7 lakh cusecs of water rushed into the Sutlej River due to heavy inflow in the Bhakra Nangal dam. The waters submerged their homes for several days, forcing the entire family to swim to safety.
Tarsem Peter, president of Pendu Mazdoor Union Punjab, said that they will raise the matter with the government, which has allocated a substantial amount for relief work, to provide travel expenses for the underprivileged.
While MGNREGA workers have been assigned the task of filling sandbags in all blocks of Jalandhar, many of them requested the government to cover their travel expenses if they need to travel beyond 5 km.