A flood-affected child suffering from kidney disease has received free treatment under the Punjab government's healthcare initiative at Bebe Nanki Mother and Child Care Centre Hospital in Amritsar.
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party President Virendraa Sachdeva criticised Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal for visiting Gujarat instead of extending support to flood-affected Punjab.
Leader of Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Jairam Thakur, slammed Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and alleged that the people affected by the devastating monsoon in the state have not received the compensation amount yet.
Later, after visiting the flood-affected areas in Firozpur district, Warring cautioned that the situation remains serious while blaming the government and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of "negligence".
Today, a plane took off carrying 40 tonnes of food and shelter materials to support and assist those affected by the earthquake that struck the eastern regions of the country.
Incessant rainfall and swelling rivers have caused devastation in Punjab, leaving several villages submerged and thousands of people struggling for essential supplies.
Addressing a press conference at Punjab Bhawan, he said that incessant rains in Punjab and neighbouring hill states have triggered large-scale devastation, affecting nearly 2,000 villages and over four lakh citizens, while 46 lives have been lost across the state.
As states in North India continue to be affected by flooding due to heavy rainfall, the Indian Air Force conducted relief operations across Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday.
"Punjab Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring sent the relief material. Punjab incharge Bhupesh Baghel will flag off this. Four trucks of relief supplies have been dispatched to Firozpur. Congress is sending this material to all the affected places. It has packets of f