Overview

• Arvind Kejriwal announced that all AAP MPs and MLAs will contribute one month’s pay to the Punjab Chief Minister’s Relief Fund and urged nationwide support.
• Authorities report more than 29 deaths and 1,044 villages affected between August 1 and September 1, with 14,936 people rescued so far.
• Heavy monsoon rain and high inflows from Himalayan catchments have swollen the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi, inundating wide areas in districts including Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Fazilka, Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur and Amritsar.
• NDRF, the Army, BSF, Punjab Police and district teams remain deployed for relief and rescue operations as fresh rainfall continues.
• The state closed colleges, universities and polytechnic institutes until September 3; Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to assure support, while Congress and the Akali Dal sought a central relief package.