Tarn Taran, Sept. 7 -- Former Chhattisgarh chief minister and Congress general secretary in-charge of Punjab, Bhupesh Baghel, on Saturday termed the recent floods in Punjab a "man-made disaster," blaming administrative negligence and lack of timely action for the large-scale devastation across the state.

During his two-day visit to assess the flood situation in Punjab, Baghel said that the catastrophe could have been mitigated if both the state and central governments had acted on early warnings about an above-normal monsoon.

Accompanied by senior Congress leaders including Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, CLP leader Partap Singh Bajwa, and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Baghel tou...