The flood situation in Punjab is very worrying. In view of this horrific situation of floods, an important meeting of the cabinet is going to be held at 12 noon on September 7. At the same time, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will also preside over this meeting through video conferencing from Fortis Hospital in Mohali.

The state is facing the most severe floods after 1988 and it is the government’s priority to review relief and rescue operations in this crisis.

Flood monitoring from Bhagwant Mann Hospital itself

Please tell that this meeting had to be postponed on 5 September due to deteriorating health of Chief Minister Mann. He was admitted to the hospital after complaints of fatigue and slowing down of heart rate. However, now his condition is stable and doctors said that all the health scales are normal. Nevertheless, Chief Secretary K.A.P. from Bhagwant Mann Hospital itself. Sinha is constantly reviewing the situation with DGP Gaurav Yadav and other senior officials.

Which issues will be discussed in the meeting?

According to sources, in this meeting of the cabinet, the policy related to the removal of sand deposited from the fields to provide relief to the flood affected farmers will be discussed. Along with this, the progress of relief and rescue operations will also be reviewed. The Chief Minister has instructed the officials that any flood affected citizen should not be left hungry, thirsty or without treatment and assistance should be provided to remotely cut areas.

Till now the measure of destruction due to floods

So far, more than 3,87,898 people have been directly displaced. More than 20 lakh people are affected in 2,050 villages. According to IANS, 22,938 people have been evacuated across the state and 219 relief camps have been set up, of which 5,404 people are living. The flood has damaged 1,76,980 hectares of crop land. Not only this, 48 ​​people have died so far, while 3 people are being told missing in Pathankot district.

The Punjab government has assured that all possible assistance will be given to the affected families and the government will be engaged in full force in reconstruction of the destroyed houses. The Chief Minister has expressed confidence that soon he will leave the hospital and take command of relief work at the ground level.