Chandigarh: Floods have wreaked havoc across eight districts of Punjab over the past week, affecting more than 1,300 villages and claiming 26 lives. Officials said intermittent rains since Sunday have worsened the situation, pushing water levels higher in the Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej rivers, along with the Ghaggar river.
Districts including Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur and Mansa are under threat due to the rising level of the Ghaggar.
The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for nine districts — Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr, Ropar, Mohali and Fatehgarh Sahib — for September 1, while predicting more rain on September 2.
Almost all major cities in Punjab remained inundated following continuous heavy rainfall since last night. Chandigarh recorded 76.5 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours, Ludhiana 216.7 mm, Patiala 80.4 mm, Amritsar 24.1 mm, Faridkot 10.2 mm, Nawanshahr 112.7 mm, Ferozepur 12 mm, Hoshiarpur 26.5 mm, Mansa 42 mm, Mohali 64 mm and Ropar 82.5 mm.
