Car Washed Away, Seven Stranded As Waters Rise In Punjab's Ghaggar River

A woman driver, who parked it on the bank of Ghaggar river, was inside. She has been rescued. Some people trying to foot it across the river in another spot also got stranded. Rescue efforts are on.

The early onset of monsoon has caught many in the northern states unawares and this has caused trouble in Punjab, where people got stranded in an overflowing river and a car was washed away. A woman driver, who parked it on the bank of Ghaggar river, was inside. She has been rescued. Some people trying to foot it across the river in another spot also got stranded. Rescue efforts are on.

The woman had come with her mother to Khadak Mangoli in Panchkula.  The vehicle was parked on the riverbank and got washed away as the water level suddenly rose.  The woman has been admitted to the Sector 6 Hospital in Panchkula.

Efforts are on to draw the vehicle out of the river with the help of a crane.

Seven people were stranded while trying to cross the river near Sector 27 of Panchkula. The local police and the NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) team have reached the spot to evacuate the people.