Heavy and continuous rain in the region since last night, today caused a 50-feet-wide breach in the Sirhind canal along the Chamkaur Sahib-Neelon road today and damaged the paddy and cotton crop in Punjab and Haryana. Sources in the Sirhind Canal, Ropar Headworks Division, said today that flowing the breach, a portion of the road was also washed way, leading to discruption of vehicular traffic. The breach is reportedly 10-ft deep.