Overview

• Chief minister Bhagwant Mann launched Mission Chardi Kala to fund rehabilitation, with donations invited via rangla.punjab.gov.in and a CM‑office war room pledging transparent oversight.
• Initial state figures cite about 2,300 villages inundated, more than two million people affected, seven lakh left homeless, 56 deaths, and losses estimated at roughly Rs 13,800 crore.
• A special session of the Punjab Assembly is set for September 26–29 to pass compensation rules and other relief measures for flood‑hit residents.
• Mann called the Centre’s Rs 1,600 crore assistance inadequate, reiterated a much larger demand, and disputed claims of a large SDRF balance while pointing to withheld Rural Development Fund dues.
• In Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, rescue teams from NDRF and SDRF continue operations after a cloudburst, with a man pulled out alive after about 16 hours and authorities reporting at least 14 missing and 20 injured.