Ludhiana, Sept. 7 -- The recent flooding has destroyed crops over 443 hectares of land in Mangat, Macchiwara and Sidhwan Bet blocks of the district along the Sutlej river, according to an assessment by agriculture officials.

"We are assessing the damage across the flooded areas across Sutlej. So far, we have identified around 443 hectares in Mangat, Macchiwara and Sidhwan Bet that were flooded and the crop there has been damaged," said chief agricultural officer Gurdeep Singh.

Singh emphasised that most part of the flooded areas is on the river bed which is within the bank of the river. "Around 90% of the land that has been flooded is within the bank of the river. Only a very small portion is outside the bank that too is a low-lying are...