Amritsar: The Amritsar Rural Police has deployed high-tech drones to deliver food, medicines and other essentials to families stranded by floods in remote, inaccessible areas. With road connectivity severely disrupted due to rising flood waters, the Punjab Police turned to aerial technology to bridge the gap – ensuring that no family is left without help..
Chandigarh: Punjab Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian on Saturday said that floods continue to affect large parts of the state, with 48 more villages, 2,691 people and 2,131 hectares of standing crops coming under the impact during the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of affected villages has risen.
Chandigarh: Punjabi singer-actor Guru Randhawa has reached ground zero to support relief efforts as Punjab battles a flood crisis. He met with the victims and extended support. Randhawa has set up a help camp in Dera Baba Nanak and near his village Dharowali. A few days ago, he also set up a relief fund to.
Amritsar: As the floods wreak havoc in Punjab, Congress on Saturday arranged for relief material for the flood-affected victims in many districts of the state. Speaking to the reporters, Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla said that trucks carrying essential supplies of food were dispatched to Firozpur and informed that the party was sending relief material.
Ludhiana: BJP national General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Saturday blamed the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab for failing in undertaking flood protection measures in time and for doing cheap politics on Bhakra waters to put the state in a man-made disaster. Interacting with the people in Sasrali village in Ludhiana district, Chugh condemned the government’s.
Gurdaspur: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday inspected flood-affected areas in Punjab’s Gurdaspur, and said that the 1,400 villages in the state remain affected as crops have been destroyed due to the floods. “The situation is serious. Due to floods, the crops are destroyed. 1,400 villages are badly affected. The Centre has sent.
Sultanpur: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday visited flood-affected areas of Sultanpur Lodhi in Punjab’s Kapurthala district, where devastating floods have caused unprecedented destruction, in the absence of indisposed Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, and assured villages that the government stood with impacted families. Speaking to the media, Kejriwal highlighted the magnitude.
