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Yamunanagar villagers breathe easy as flood water recedes
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Relief work on Efforts are on to pump out water accumulated in the affected villages in Yamunanagar district Repair of the damaged bridge on the Somb river at Ranjitpur village has begun There is no report of any loss of life due to flood so far

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Yamunanagar, July 21
With no fresh rain in the catchment areas of seasonal rivers Somb and Pathrala, the flood water has started receding in most of the affected areas in Yamunanagar district.

The Yamuna, which was also flowing closed to the danger mark, has registered a fall in water level as well, thus bringing the much needed relief to the residents living downstream and the district administration.

Efforts were on to pump out water accumulated in the affected villages. The administration has also started repair of the damaged bridge on the Somb river at Ranjitpur village which had cut off more than 40 villages from the district headquarters and snapped the direct link between Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

Some of the important link roads in the Bilaspur and Sadhaura segments of the district have been badly damaged due to flooding.

Deputy Commissioner MS Brar said the situation was limping back to normal and water was receding at most places. The work to repair the Ranjitpur bridge had been taken up on a war footing and small vehicles had started plying across the bridge by the evening. The damaged link roads were also being repaired, he added.

There were reports of some rainfall in Himachal Pradesh this evening and the rainwater was expected to reach Yamunanagar late in the night. However, the Deputy Commissioner, who toured the affected areas on the second consecutive day, said as the accumulated water in most of the areas had receded, any fresh inflow of water was not expected to cause further damage.

As of now, there was no report of any loss of life, while the water entering the houses might have resulted in some damage to the property. Such loss could be assessed only after the situation completely normalised in the district, he added.