AMRITSAR, Sept. 1 -- Floods triggered by the overflowing Ravi have caused extensive damage in Amritsar district, with 93 villages and over 35,000 people affected, deputy commissioner Sakshi Sawhney said on Sunday. Fresh rainfall has worsened the situation, affecting 23 more villages and an additional 5,000 residents. So far, floods have destroyed crops across 23,000 hectares and led to the collapse of around 50 houses. Over 2,500 people have been rescued and shifted to safer locations, with ongoing operations by six NDRF and 17 Army teams, along with civil and police authorities. The worst-affected areas fall within the Ajnala assembly segment, where rescue and relief operations are being carried out on a war footing. Sawhney said that over 2,500 people have been rescued and shifted to safer locations by teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), army and local administration. On Sunday, an NDRF team saved a man from drowning in a dramatic rescue operation. Meanwhile, the situation at Harike Headworks remains grim. As of 5pm Sunday, the inflow upstream stood at 2.74 lakh cusecs, with 2.6 lakh cusecs being released downstream. About 14,000 cusecs were diverted into the Ferozepur and Rajasthan feeder canals....