Summary:
While the local MLA said 18 boats had been pressed into service, MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh said one boat had been given to each village. At various houses accessible only by boat which The Tribune teams visited today, tarpaulins and water remained prime concern of residents. Gurpartap Singh, along with his mother Balvir Kaur, returned to his flooded house at Chak Wadala village to bring in medical reports of her ailing mother Balvir Kaur. Balvir said: “I was stranded alone with my daughter when flood came and latter, I sent her to relief camps. Brothers Gurmeet Singh and Gurkirpal Singh also called out loudly NDRF teams for their prime need – tarpaulins..