Overview

• Randeep Hooda is working in Gurdaspur with the Global Sikhs NGO, helping distribute essentials in hard-hit localities.
• Diljit Dosanjh has adopted ten severely affected villages and outlined a two-phase plan that moves from immediate supplies to housing reconstruction and livelihood support.
• Sonu Sood’s foundation has deployed medical vans, health camps, sanitary kits and boats for low-lying areas, with on-ground assessments guiding deliveries of medicines, food, nets and cattle fodder.
• Punjab government figures report 1,655 villages affected across 12 districts, about 175,216 hectares of cropland hit, 19,474 people evacuated and 167 relief camps operating, with Army, Navy and Air Force units assisting rescues.
• Authorities attribute the flooding to intense monsoon rains and upstream releases in the Ravi–Beas–Sutlej basins, with Gurdaspur logging 324 inundated villages and fresh alerts issued in parts of Patiala.