New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP P. Sandosh Kumar has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanding urgent release of a special relief package for Punjab, which has been devastated by unprecedented floods.

The CPI MP, who recently visited the affected villages of Fazilka district, described the scale of destruction as "overwhelming," with entire stretches of farmland submerged, crops wiped out, cattle perished, and homes reduced to rubble.

He noted that lakhs of people remain vulnerable to hunger, disease, and displacement across Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Ferozepur, Tarn Taran, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Mansa and Patiala.

CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar praised the tireless efforts of the SDRF...