Overview

• Punjab officials report flooding across 12 districts with 15,688 people evacuated and 129 relief camps housing 7,144 residents.
• Heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir swelled the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers, driving the deluge across over 1,000 villages.
• Diljit Dosanjh has adopted 10 of the worst-hit villages in Gurdaspur and Amritsar in coordination with NGOs and local administration, providing essentials and planning long-term reconstruction.
• Ammy Virk pledged support for 200 households that lost homes, while Gippy Grewal sent silage for cattle in Ajnala and Karan Aujla donated a rescue motorboat in Ludhiana.
• Sonu Sood’s foundation opened a dedicated helpline (+91 7888675107) as reports cite damage to more than 61,000 hectares of farmland, with Gurdaspur, Fazilka, Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur and Amritsar among the worst affected.