Overview

• Doctors said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has a viral fever and is recuperating at his Chandigarh residence, prompting Arvind Kejriwal to visit him before touring flood-hit Sultanpur Lodhi with AAP state president Aman Arora.
• Kejriwal announced that all AAP MLAs and MPs will donate one month's salary to relief efforts, with aid materials already being dispatched from Delhi.
• Punjab ministers Gurmeet Singh Khuddian and Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal met Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, seeking ₹2,000 crore in immediate assistance and the early release of about ₹60,000 crore in pending central funds.
• The disaster has claimed 37 lives and affected over 3.55 lakh people, with roughly 3 lakh displaced, more than 1,650 villages across all 23 districts impacted, and schools closed until September 7.
• Floodwaters have submerged over 1.75 lakh hectares of crops, largely paddy nearing October harvest, while a breach near Sarala village in Ghanaur forced fresh evacuations and led to the cancellation of a planned Patiala visit.