Chandigarh/Amritsar, Sept. 14 -- The Punjab government on Saturday commenced the special 'girdawari' (loss assessment) across the state to evaluate losses caused by the recent floods.

Stating this revenue, rehabilitation and disaster management minister Hardeep Singh Mundian directed officials to ensure that the process is carried out in a transparent, time-bound, and result-oriented manner.

The minister informed that 2,167 patwaris have been deputed across flood-hit districts for conducting the assessment. District-wise deployment includes Amritsar (196), Barnala (115), Bathinda (21), Faridkot (15), Fazilka (110), Ferozepur (113), Gurdaspur (343), Hoshiarpur (291), Jalandhar (84), Kapurthala (149), Ludhiana (60), Malerkotla (7), Mansa ...