Punjab floods | 41 killed, over 1,600 people living in relief camps
The Hindu
Forty-one people were killed while 1,616 are still living in 173 relief camps following the devastating floods that hit Punjab recently, officials said on July 25, 2023.
Forty-one people were killed while 1,616 are still living in 173 relief camps following the devastating floods that hit Punjab recently, officials said on Tuesday.
Nineteen 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 -- were affected by the floods.
The government and rescue agencies evacuated to safety 27,286 people from waterlogged areas, the officials said.
According to a revenue department report, 41 people died in the floods.
Several districts of Punjab and Haryana were battered by the recent heavy downpour that paralysed daily life and flooded vast tracts of residential and agricultural land.
Punjab Power Minister Harbhajan Singh said electricity supply has been restored to all 595 places affected by the floods.
Rupnagar, SAS Nagar, Patiala and Sangrur were the most affected districts, he said and added that the floods caused significant damage to the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) infrastructure.
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