Helplessness, despair grip residents in flooded villages

Jalandhar | Wednesday | 21st August, 2019

Summary:

Some of the elderly who could not carry everything with them said they had now left everything on the almighty. As The Tribune visited Gidderpindi, Kutbewal, Kalu Mundi and Nawan Pind Khalewal villages, the feeling of despair could be sensed. The residents were trying everything to protect their abodes from the brunt of water. Balwant Kaur, a 70-year-old woman from Kutbewal village, said she had left her home last night when the reports of the possible breach came. Villager Bhupinder Singh alleged that his wife Daljeet Kaur suffered BP problem after flood waters reached their house..