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Jalandhar roads turn into rivers after downpour

Jalandhar, Sept. 2 -- Over 75mm of heavy rainfall threw life out of gear in Jalandhar, leaving residential and commercial areas heavily inundated on Monday. The rainfall, which continued for 12 long h... Read More


Flood-ravaged Punjab sees 29 deaths in a month

Jalandhar, Sept. 2 -- Punjab is witnessing its worst floods in nearly four decades with 29 people having lost their lives in 12 worst-affected districts of the border state. According to the data comp... Read More


Swollen Ghaggar submerges farmland in Patiala

Patiala/Sangrur, Sept. 2 -- Following continuous rainfall in the catchment areas and the opening of Sukhna Lake floodgates, the Ghaggar river swelled and inundated fields in the villages of Ghanaur an... Read More


Keep eye on key embankment, officials told

Amritsar, Sept. 2 -- With several villages of Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Pathankot still submerged, political and farmer leaders came up with relief material for affected families. In Tarn Ta... Read More


Hoshiarpur-Una road shut after landslides

Hoshiarpur, Sept. 2 -- A landslide struck the Hoshiarpur-Una road near Chak Sadu amid heavy rainfall, leading to its closure on Monday. Later in the day, a portion of the road was cleared, allowing on... Read More


Deluge-hit border dist basmati farmers set to suffer big losses

Chandigarh, Sept. 2 -- Basmati growers in five flood-battered border districts of the state are staring at heavy losses as experts fear nearly 100% damage to the inundated crop. Of the 6.81 lakh hecta... Read More


Mann tours flood-hit areas, assures relief

Hoshiarpur, Sept. 2 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday visited flood affected villages in Tanda area of Hoshiarpur district where he reviewed the situation and interacted with evacuees a... Read More


Punjab leaders write to Modi, seek flood relief

Chandigarh, Sept. 2 -- AAP's Sangrur MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer has written to PM Narendra Modi seeking Rs.20,000 crore for the floods ravaged state. In the letter, Hayer also urged the PM to release... Read More


more villages inundated after Harike discharge

Ferozepur, Sept. 2 -- Fresh release of water from the Harike headworks left five more villages inundated in Ferozepur district on Monday. With this, 112 villages have been submerged in the district, a... Read More


Love, laughter and Ganpati's blessings

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