Overview

• Unions under the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha held coordinated three-hour dharnas across 23 districts, led by BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) at district administrative complexes.
• They called for a judicial probe by a sitting Supreme Court judge to fix responsibility for alleged mismanagement by the Punjab and central governments and the Bhakra Beas Management Board.
• Leaders alleged delayed dam releases and a sudden discharge from Ranjit Sagar that burst three gates at Madhopur Headworks, citing poor desilting and weak embankments.
• The SKM memorandum urged the Centre to declare the floods a national calamity and release a ₹25,000 crore package, alongside technical reforms in dam operations and a ban on illegal riverbank mining.
• Detailed relief demands included ₹70,000 per acre for crop losses, ₹25 lakh and a job for each bereaved family, compensation for damaged homes and livestock, free inputs for re-sowing, and transparency in a ₹12,000 crore state fund with warnings of intensified agitation if unmet.