Jalandhar August 3:
            Owing to heavy rain followed by floods about two weeks ago, crops on 3,75,000 acres were damaged in 11 districts of the state. A report has been prepared in this regard by the Revenue Department. On the basis of the report, the compensation will be given to affected farmers.
Though water has been drained out from most of the fields, at some places fields continue to be under knee-deep water, especially in Moonak belt of Sangrur district. However, farmers have started re-transplanting of paddy in the fields from where water has been drained out.
Meanwhile, the level of water in the Gobind Sagar reservoir was today at 1618.52 feet with 61,229 cusecs inflow of water in it from its catchment area. It was about 45 feet more than the level recorded on the corresponding day last year. However, the benchmark fixed by the Bhakra Beas Management Board for the level of water in the Gobind Sagar reservoir for August 1 is 1,650 feet.
That means that the present level of water in the reservoir is far less than the benchmark. The maximum level of this reservoir is 1,680 feet. And it should not be above 1,670 feet till August 15 and 1,680 till September 1. The filling period of this reservior is till September 20. After that the melting of the snow stops at high and low reaches and the monsoon season also comes to an end. The inflow in the reservoir from hills comes to a few thousand cusecs.
Today the level of water in the Pong dam was 1321.33 feet against the last year's figure of 1297 on the corresponding day. The inflow in the Pong dam today was 49,035 cusecs. The maximum filling level of this dam is 1,390. In the Ranjit Sagar Dam, the level today recorded was 512.27 metre against the last year's level of 500.32 metre on this day. The inflow in Ranjit Sagar was 16,835 against the last year's figure of 11,160 cusecs on this day. The maximum filling level of Ranjit Sagar is 527 metre.