Severe flooding affecting Punjab since mid-August has claimed 24 lives as of August 30, impacting over 1 000 villages and destroying vast areas of farmland. The floods continue to ravage the state.
A total of 11 330 persons have been evacuated to safer locations from flood-affected areas through combined efforts of the Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Border Security Force (BSF), and district authorities.
Evacuations include 2 819 persons from Ferozepur, 1 052 from Hoshiarpur, 240 from Kapurthala, 4 771 from Gurdaspur, 24 from Moga, 1 100 from Pathankot, 60 from Tarn Taran, 25 from Barnala, and 1 239 from Fazilka.
In the past 24 hours alone, 4 711 persons were evacuated and moved to safer areas. These include 812 from Ferozepur, 2 571 from Gurdaspur, 4 from Moga, 60 from Tarn Taran, 25 from Barnala, and 1 239 from Fazilka.
As of August 28, 77 of the 87 relief camps set up in flood-affected areas remain fully operational, sheltering 4 729 persons.
According to local officials, 1 018 villages across the state have been affected by flooding. This includes 81 in Pathankot, 52 in Fazilka, 45 in Tarn Taran, 64 in Sri Muktsar Sahib, 22 in Sangrur, 101 in Ferozepur, 107 in Kapurthala, 323 in Gurdaspur, 85 in Hoshiarpur, and 35 in Moga.
More than 60 000 ha (148 260 acres) of farmland has been inundated. Reports from district headquarters indicate 16 632 ha (41 102 acres) affected in Fazilka, 10 806 ha (26 701 acres) in Ferozepur, 11 620 ha (28 720 acres) in Kapurthala, 7 000 ha (17 297 acres) in Pathankot, 9 928 ha (24 531 acres) in Tarn Taran, and 5 287 ha (13 063 acres) in Hoshiarpur.
The flooding has been driven by swollen Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi rivers, along with seasonal rivulets, following heavy rainfall in their catchment areas in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
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