Punjab Announces Rs 52 Crore Flood Protection Plan for Anandpur Sahib

• Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains announced a Rs 52 crore flood protection plan for villages along Sutlej and Swan rivers in Sri Anandpur Sahib.
• The plan aims to provide permanent solutions for areas historically affected by floods during monsoon season.
• Works worth Rs 52 crore have been tendered and commenced, with physical construction to accelerate within two weeks; an additional Rs 30 crore in projects are planned.
• Specific projects include 700-foot revetments at Burj (Rs 7 crore) and Ajauli (Rs 3.5 crore), and a 2,000-foot revetment at Lodhipur (Rs 9 crore).
• Flood protection works are also underway or approved for Bhalan, Triveni Mandir, Nangran, and other villages, involving over 11,000 feet of revetment construction.