Punjab Cabinet Meeting postponed as CM Bhagwant Mann falls ill amid flood crisis

September 5, 2025

Chandigarh, Sep 5: The cabinet meeting of the Punjab government scheduled for 4 pm today has been postponed because Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is not well. He has high fever and has been ill since yesterday. Due to this, he had also cancelled his visit to the flood-affected areas yesterday.

Earlier the government had announced that Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema would hold a press conference after the cabinet meeting, but now the meeting has been postponed.

At present, 1902 villages in Punjab are affected by floods. The government has declared the entire state as disaster affected. Gazetted officers have been deployed in all districts for flood relief, so that people can get immediate help. The Chief Minister and ministers are constantly monitoring the situation.

Situation worsened after 37 years .

Such a severe flood has occurred in Punjab for the first time in 37 years since 1988. So far 3.84 lakh people have been affected and 43 people have died. About 1 lakh 71 thousand 819 hectares of crops have been affected. The maximum damage has occurred in Gurdaspur (40 thousand 169 hectares).

Three teams of the central government have reached Punjab to assess the damage. Today is the second day of the team. Meanwhile, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Chauhan himself has visited the flood-affected districts. He has termed this deluge as an unprecedented disaster.