CHANDIGARH: While Punjab has received just 47.69 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours, over 44,000 people from 130 villages, including 52 in Gurdaspur, have been affected by the release of excess water from the Pong and Bhakra dams for the second day today.
Two children are reported to have drowned at Jhanda Lubana village of Gurdaspur.
With the help of the National Disaster Response Force, Army and the BSF, the civil and police administration of the state has evacuated 9,015 persons to safety from the flood-hit villages.
Of them, 6,000 persons have been evacuated from Gurdaspur and 2,150 from Hoshiarpur — the districts affected the most by flooding. Most of these persons have been put up in 31 relief camps set up today.