Ferozepur, Sept. 5 -- The inter-ministerial central government team, deputed to assess flood-affected areas in Punjab, began its tour from Fazilka on Thursday.

The team met commissioner Manjit Singh Brar, deputy commissioner Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu, and SSP Gurmeet Singh and toured the flood-affected areas. As many as 80 villages have been affected by floods in the district, damaging crops over 17,786 hectares.

The Union home ministry had set up teams each for Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Uttarakhand, to assess damage caused by heavy rainfall, floods, flash floods, cloudbursts, and landslides.

The central teams will be led by a joint secretary-level officer in the home ministry/National Disaster Management Authority (ND...