New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi began his two-day visit to Punjab on Monday to meet people affected by recent floods.<\/p>\n
He arrived at Amritsar airport around 9:30 am and proceeded to Gonewal village, where he interacted with residents whose crops and homes were submerged. He also paid obeisance at Gurudwara Beed Baba Buddha Sahib.<\/p>\n
Later, Gandhi reached Gurchakk village in Gurdaspur district, where a dam breach had flooded fields and houses. He met local farmers, walked through the affected areas, and briefly rode a tractor before returning to his car parked nearby. He did not speak to the media during his visit.<\/p>\n
Currently, the Congress leader is in Dinanagar, continuing interactions with flood victims. Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa accompanied him.<\/p>\n
According to official figures, floods have impacted 2,097 villages across 23 districts, submerging nearly 1.92 lakh hectares of crops. At least 52 people have died in 15 districts.<\/p>\n
Six days earlier, PM Narendra Modi had visited Punjab and announced \u20b91,600 crore in relief aid. The Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government, however, called the amount insufficient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi began his two-day visit to Punjab on Monday to meet people affected by recent floods. He arrived at Amritsar airport around 9:30 am and proceeded to Gonewal village, where he interacted with residents whose crops and homes were submerged. He also paid obeisance at Gurudwara Beed Baba Buddha Sahib. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":51164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,37,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-national","category-political-news"],"yoast_head":"\n