By PTI
CHANDIGARH: A complete of 1,457 villages in Punjab are nonetheless affected by floods attributable to the current heavy downpour within the state, officers stated on Saturday.
Currently, 19 districts “Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar, Kapurthala, Patiala, Moga, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Jalandhar, Sangrur, SBS Nagar, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Bathinda and Pathankot” are flood-affected, they stated.
A complete of 27,221 folks have been evacuated from waterlogged areas and brought to safer locations within the state, the officers stated, including 170 aid camps are operational wherein 4,909 flood-hit individuals are staying.
According to a report by the income division, 40 folks misplaced their lives as a result of floods and 15 have been injured.
Several districts of Punjab and Haryana have been battered by the current heavy downpour that left regular life paralysed and flooded huge tracts of residential and agricultural land.
Though the floodwaters have receded in lots of areas of Punjab and Haryana, work on plugging breaches in earthen embankments which have come up alongside the rivers was occurring.
Punjab Water Resources Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Thursday issued directions to hurry up the work on plugging breaches alongside rivers at totally different locations within the state.
CHANDIGARH: A complete of 1,457 villages in Punjab are nonetheless affected by floods attributable to the current heavy downpour within the state, officers stated on Saturday.
Currently, 19 districts “Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar, Kapurthala, Patiala, Moga, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Jalandhar, Sangrur, SBS Nagar, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Bathinda and Pathankot” are flood-affected, they stated.
A complete of 27,221 folks have been evacuated from waterlogged areas and brought to safer locations within the state, the officers stated, including 170 aid camps are operational wherein 4,909 flood-hit individuals are staying.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
According to a report by the income division, 40 folks misplaced their lives as a result of floods and 15 have been injured.
Several districts of Punjab and Haryana have been battered by the current heavy downpour that left regular life paralysed and flooded huge tracts of residential and agricultural land.
Though the floodwaters have receded in lots of areas of Punjab and Haryana, work on plugging breaches in earthen embankments which have come up alongside the rivers was occurring.
Punjab Water Resources Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Thursday issued directions to hurry up the work on plugging breaches alongside rivers at totally different locations within the state.
