Meanwhile, water level at Chandigarh's Sukhna Lake has reached maximum capacity, a first in decades. The administration has decided to discharge the water into two nullahs. On the other hand, officials managing two major Punjab dams — Bhakra Dam over Sutlej river and Pong Dam over river Beas — said as the water levels were way below their maximum reservoir capacity there would be no water release even if it rained heavily in the catchment area of these dams in Himachal Pradesh.
Water level at Sukhna Lake has reached maximum capacity. (Express photO)