The district administration has raised alert following the sounding of yellow alert in the capital district till May 23. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast isolated heavy rainfall in the range of 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm in 24 hours during the period.
District Collector Navjot Khosa urged caution among residents of low-lying areas, river banks and landslip-prone hilly areas, especially those which received copious rainfall during the last few days.
She also directed the respective local-self government institutions and the departments concerned to ensure adequate preparedness in those areas that have witnessed landslipss and floods in the past and those that have been categorised as vulnerable and unfit for human habitation by an expert panel of the Geological Survey of India and the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA).
