Overview

• Of the total, Rs 1,600 crore is earmarked for Punjab and Rs 1,500 crore for Himachal Pradesh, with ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured.
• The Prime Minister conducted aerial surveys and held review meetings in Kangra and Gurdaspur, meeting affected families and NDRF/SDRF personnel.
• Assistance includes advance release of the second SDRF instalment and PM Kisan funds, plus support via PM Awas Yojana, school repairs under Samagra Shiksha, highway restoration, water-harvesting works, livestock mini-kits and farm inputs such as borewell repair, solar pumps and micro-irrigation.
• Official reports cite about 370 deaths in Himachal and 51–52 in Punjab, alongside extensive damage to homes, roads and crops across large swathes of farmland.
• Punjab’s AAP government and Congress termed the package meagre, while Governor Gulab Chand Kataria described the Rs 1,600 crore as a token and said more funds would follow after central teams complete their assessments.