Chandigarh, Sept. 13 -- Punjab cabinet minister Hardeep Singh Mundian on Friday said people sheltering in relief camps were steadily moving back to their houses amid the receding water levels in rivers post floods. The number of operational camps has dropped from 111 on September 11 to 100 on September 12, said the revenue, rehabilitation and disaster management minister.

In the past 24 hours, the flood report confirms no additional loss of life and no further crop area reported damaged. "There is a decrease of 460 inmates in the relief camps, pointing to gradual restoration of normalcy. The cumulative figure of evacuated persons has reached 23,340 so far. Presently, 4,125 people remain in government-run relief camps as against 4,585 a d...