Chandigarh, Sept. 3 -- The Punjab government has officially declared the state a disaster-affected region due to relentless rainfall and widespread flooding across 23 districts.
Over 1,400 villages are inundated, affecting millions of residents, with 30 deaths confirmed and three people still missing.
Gurdaspur is the worst-hit, with 324 villages submerged, followed by Amritsar (135 villages), Barnala (134), and Hoshiarpur (119).
The death toll includes six fatalities in Pathankot, four in Ludhiana, and three each in Amritsar, Barnala, Mansa, Rupnagar, and Hoshiarpur. One death each has been reported in Bathinda, Gurdaspur, Patiala, Mohali, and Sangrur.
Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains warned of continuous rainfall in Nangal, where...