Chandigarh, Aug. 27 -- With floodwaters rising in several parts of Punjab, Amritsar district facing the hit severely. The administration has mounted relief and rescue operations on a war footing. Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney and PCS Rohit Gupta, Additional Deputy Commissioner Amritsar have been leading from the front, earning praise for their hands-on presence in flood-hit villages.

Several low-lying belts of Ajnala have been inundated after heavy rainfall and rising levels of rivulets connected to the Ravi river. Families have been shifted to higher ground as water entered homes and fields, damaging crops and cutting off road access in some areas.

Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney has been supervising operations across the distr...