Chandigarh/Amritsar/Jalandhar, Sept. 5 -- Battling the worst floods in four decades, Punjab now has 15 of its 23 districts under water due to overflowing rivers and canals after weeks of incessant rain. Official data shows that 35 revenue blocks in the state - nearly one-fourth (23%) of the total 152 - and 1,902 villages are submerged, claiming 43 lives and leaving more than 3.84 lakh people displaced. The raging floods have resulted in extensive financial losses to farmers, as 4.22 lakh acres (1.71 lakh hectares) of land is inundated across the state, destroying near-mature paddy crops. Experts warn crops submerged in water for more than 48 hours are unlikely to survive, with revenue officials saying the full scale of loss will be assessed after the water recedes. At the heart of the destruction lie Gurdaspur and Amritsar districts, flanked by the Ravi and Beas rivers that remain in spate from relentless rainfall in Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir. Together, the two districts are facing nearly 40% of the state's total devastation. In Gurdaspur alone, 329 villages have been hit, while 190 have been affected in Amritsar, forming 27% of the total impacted villages in the state. More than 2.62 lakh residents here - over two-thirds (68%) of the state's total affected population - are bearing the brunt of the destruction, while crops across 1.65 lakh acres have been submerged. A total of 99,160 acres of farmland has been devastated in Gurdaspur district alone and 65,979 acres in Amritsar district, forming 39% of the state figure. These are followed by Fazilka district, where 43,950 acres are inundated, Ferozepur (43,539 acres), Kapurthala (36,902 acres), Sangrur (16,210 acres) and Hoshiarpur (14,754 acres). The fury of the Ravi has also damaged the Kartarpur Corridor, which connects Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in Gurdaspur and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur. During Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's visit to the area on Thursday, local MLA Gurdeep Singh Randhawa submitted a memorandum, seeking urgent central aid and immediate repair of the corridor....