Overview

• On Tuesday in Chandigarh, Industry Minister Sanjeev Arora led a group of business leaders who handed nearly Rs 6 crore to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for the CM’s relief fund under Mission Chardi Kala.
• Sanjeev Arora said he personally contributed Rs 50 lakh from his charitable trust to support rehabilitation of flood-hit families.
• Arora appealed to the Punjabi diaspora to donate through the state’s channels to accelerate rebuilding efforts.
• Punjab’s initial loss estimate stands around Rs 13,800–14,000 crore, and officials have confirmed 56 deaths linked to the floods.
• Arora reported extensive damage, citing about 2,300 villages inundated, more than 2 million people affected, crops ruined across roughly five lakh acres, and severe hits to schools, health facilities, roads and bridges.