UNION GOVT MUST IMMEDIATELY RELEASE AT LEAST RS.25K CRORE AS COMPENSATION FOR FLOOD DAMAGE: WATER RESOURCES MINISTER ALSO DEMANDS RELEASE OF PENDING DUES WORTH RS.60K CRORE PUNJAB’S CONTRIBUTION IN NATION BUILDING REMAINS UNMATCHED, TIME HAS COME TO SUPPORT PUNJAB: CABINET MINISTER Punjab Water Resources Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to … Read more
139 RELIEF CAMPS OPERATIONAL, SHELTERING 6121 AFFECTED PEOPLE Punjab Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister S. Hardeep Singh Mundian today informed that 48 more villages, 2691 population and 2131 hectares of crops have been affected during the past 24 hours. Till date, 1996 villages across 22 districts stand impacted, affecting a total population of 3,87,013. … Read more
2,000 villages and Over 4 lakh citizens impacted; 43 deaths reported in 14 districts 1.72 lakh hectares of farmland damaged in 18 districts, Widespread loss of homes, livestock, and public infrastructure Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Saturday provided a grim overview of the state’s unprecedented flood crisis, describing it as the worst … Read more
The recent floods in Punjab have caused great loss. Many families lost sons, fathers, and the only breadwinners in their homes. In this time of grief, Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mittal of the Aam Aadmi Party has announced a hope-filled initiative: every family who lost a life in the floods will be given a permanent … Read more
State Government fully committed to render all assistance to people: Lal Chand Kataruchak With a view to meet the contingencies in the wake of floods raging across Punjab, the Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Depart has allotted a total of 33000 litre petrol, 46500 litre diesel reserves for all the petrol pumps in the … Read more
Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday called upon the Government of India to demonstrate the same humanitarian spirit towards Punjab as it has shown in extending aid to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. He questioned the Union Government’s priorities, asking why relief materials were swiftly dispatched to Afghanistan, while flood-affected Punjab … Read more
MOVE AIMED AT ENSURING DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION AND PEOPLE OF FLOOD AFFECTED VILLAGES In order to further effectively monitor the rescue and relief operations in the flood affected villages across the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday directed the officers to deploy a gazetted officer in every marooned village to … Read more
Spearheading the rescue and relief operations in Sri Anandpur Sahib Constituency, Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains today visited over two dozen villages affected by floods and personally oversaw the evacuation of families stranded along the Sutlej river, bringing hope and relief to those affected by the natural fury. Divulging the details about rescue operation, … Read more
OVER 3.54 LAKH PEOPLE AFFECTED, FLOODS CLAIM 30 LIVES AND IMPACTED 1400 VILLAGES MORE THAN 1.48 LAKH HECTARES OF CROPS DAMAGED IN WORST FLOOD Punjab Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister S. Hardeep Singh Mundian today said that Punjab is facing one of the most widespread floods in recent decades, which has impacted as many … Read more
OVER 2.56 LAKH PEOPLE AFFECTED, RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OPERATIONS IN FULL SWING ACROSS STATE Punjab Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian today informed that while the State has witnessed widespread devastation due to incessant rains and floods, affecting almost the entire State and causing unprecedented damage to human lives, property, crops, livestock … Read more