bathindapatiala a person was killed in rescue operations along the satluj in moga on monday morning as at least three villages in the vicinity of the river were evacuated over fears of floodingnearly 450 people from gopal colony locality in patiala too were evacuated during the day as the water level from a nearby rivulet started flooding it also 700 students from navodaya vidyalaya morinda were evacuated during the dayin moga a 65yearold hearing and speech impaired man malook singh was washed away in the satluj at sanghera village a rescue boat was coming to take affected persons to safety but malook was washed away before he could board it some persons who were also to be rescued saw the water level rising and cried out to him to get out but he could not hear them and was swept by the strong current of the water dharamkot sdm charumita sekhar confirmed the incident the rescue operations were carried out in the wake of water level in the sutlej and seasonal rivulet ghaggar rising due to incessant rain in catchment areas and fears of more villages getting inundated the satluj passes through moga ferozepur ludhiana ropar and fazilka districts while the ghaggar crosses mohali ropar patiala sangrur and mansa districts before reentering haryana through its sirsa districtgoing by the rising level of sutlej the residents of sanghera in dharamkot subdivision of moga were taken to safety on boats others on seeing the water nearly reaching their homes started vacating too similar scenes were seen at kammu khurd and nehruana villagesin patialas gopal colony water had started entering the houses evacuation was carried out by ndrf teams and a company of army with 60 soldiers while the district officials remained on their toes and shifted the evacuees to safer placesofficials revealed that around 450 people were evacuated from gopal colony and the rescue operation was carried out for the entire day he said affected persons had been given shelter at a marriage palace the administration also evacuated cattle and cows from the affected areassubdivisional magistrate sdm patiala charanjit singh said there are two cowsheds in the area and both comprise a large number of cows on sunday night we had requested the residents of gopal colony to evacuate the area as water can overflow from badi nadi and enter their houses but our requests were ignored last night around 950 students from chitkara university were also evacuated now water has started entering houses in urban estate 1 and 2 of patiala patiala deputy commissioner sakshi sawhney said people were being evacuated from urban estate 2 and chinar bagh and an alert had been sounded for urban estate she said shelter was being provided at the local radha soami dera she said water levels were expected to rise at night in ropar a number of roads have caved in following which the traffic has been diverted roparnurpur bedi and nurpur bedigarhshankar roads were also closed after debris had blocked them meanwhile a