Overview

• The Union agriculture minister is scheduled to land in Amritsar at 9:30 am, visit villages in Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Kapurthala, then brief the press and meet officials.
• He has promised central assistance and spoke with the Punjab governor and chief minister after chairing a high-level review in New Delhi last week.
• The India Meteorological Department has issued red alerts for parts of the state as further heavy rainfall could worsen flooding.
• At least 12 districts are affected, with several deaths reported and large populations displaced, including hard-hit areas such as Patiala, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Nawanshahr, Rupnagar, Moga, Ludhiana, Barnala and Sangrur.
• Chief minister Bhagwant Mann has sought ₹50,000 per acre for affected farmers and higher ex gratia for deaths and disabilities in a letter to the prime minister.