Fazilka, Sept. 4 -- Farmers have claimed crop losses as water from the Satluj River entered their fields in the villages in the Jalalabad area of Fazilka district of Punjab, and appealed to the government for immediate compensation and a waiver of their debts.

Speaking to ANI, farmers said that nearly 1,500 acres of paddy crop were destroyed in the villages of Dandi Kadam and Dhani Natha Singh in Jalalabad tehsil of Fazilka after water from the Satluj River entered the fields. Farmers said the inundation has wiped out their entire harvest.

The flood-affected farmers stated that the government was providing fodder for livestock and some essential food supplies, but they required additional assistance.

In addition, they also demanded com...