CHANDIGARH: With water level reaching the danger mark, one floodgate of Sukhna Lake was opened in the early hours of Sunday.
“We have been keeping an eye on the water level for the past couple of weeks. It reached 1,162.3 feet, the danger mark, forcing us to open a floodgate at 1.15 am. The water passed through Sukhna choe. All precautionary measures were taken. The released water didn’t affect any residential area,” said C B Ojha, chief engineering, UT administration.
