Overview

• Akshay Kumar announced a ₹5 crore contribution to buy relief materials for Punjab’s flood-hit communities, calling it his sewa.
• Verified government figures show severe statewide impact with about 1,655 villages affected, roughly 1.75 lakh hectares of cropland damaged, 19,474 people evacuated, and dozens of deaths reported.
• State agencies and the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force continue rescues as authorities operate more than 160 relief camps and Punjab Police deploy drones to deliver supplies in hard-to-reach areas.
• Diljit Dosanjh has adopted ten of the worst-hit villages in Gurdaspur and Amritsar, with an initial phase delivering rations, water, medical aid and solar lights, followed by planned home reconstruction and livelihood support.
• Sonu Sood’s foundation has set up health camps, dispatched medical vans, boats, mosquito nets and cattle fodder, while Randeep Hooda is on the ground in Gurdaspur with Global Sikhs distributing essentials to displaced families.