MP, Deputy Commissioner save stranded family

In an exemplary service for people in need, Lok Sabha MP from Jalandhar, Sushil Kumar Rinku and Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Vishesh Sarangal saved the lives of a family in the village falling in Ludhiana district. Both the MP and Deputy Commissioner were overseeing rescue works in Phillaur Sub Division when they got an emergency message that a family had been trapped in village Uccha Khera Bet on the bank of the Satluj river.
They were apprised that the family needs to be rescued at the earliest as the water level is rising swiftly. Though some junior officers apprised the MP and DC that the village falls in Ludhiana, but it was cut off from that district, and both of them pressed the government machinery into action to save precious lives. The MP and DC themselves went in the boat along with a team of NDRF to rescue the family stuck in the swollen Satluj. When both of them reached the spot the family expressed its unwillingness to leave their home. However, the MP and Deputy Commissioner persuaded them to move along with them as it was the need of the hour to save their precious lives. Meanwhile, both the MP and DC said that it is not a matter of districts or jurisdiction but for the time being human cause comes first. They said that as the village was cut off from Ludhiana and the villagers had made calls on the number of the Jalandhar administration so they were duty-bound to help these families. They said that as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, they have acted just to ensure that the precious lives of the people are saved. They said that this is the duty of humanity and they are blessed to have got an opportunity to serve the masses in this hour of distress. They also said that the Jalandhar administration is leaving no stone unturned for saving the precious lives of the people in this hour of crisis. They said that an elaborate mechanism has already been put in place to ensure that people are evacuated to safe places in case of floods.