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Over 2.56 Lakh People Affected, 29 Lives Lost Across 12 Districts in Punjab Floods

By TNI Team September 2, 2025 1044 villages affected 107 people affected 15688 evacuated 2 2025 29 human lives lost 56 7144 sheltered agriculture loss air force Amritsar Amritsar crop damage Army August 1 to September 1 Barnala Bathinda boats BSF Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann Compensation crop damage Deputy Commissioners Disaster Management displaced families District Administrations Evacuation fatehgarh sahib Fazilka ferozepur Ferozepur crop damage floods food supply Gurdaspur Hardeep Singh Mundian hectares affected Helicopters Hoshiarpur infrastructure damage inundation jalandhar kapurthala Kapurthala crop damage livestock loss ludhiana Malerkotla Mansa Mansa crop damage Medical Aid Moga navy ndrf pathankot Pathankot missing persons patiala punjab rehabilitation relief camps Relief Distribution rescue operations Revenue Minister Sangrur SAS Nagar SBS Nagar Sri Muktsar Sahib Tarn Taran Tarn Taran crop damage temporary shelter

Punjab is facing severe floods, affecting over 256,000 people and causing 29 deaths. Extensive evacuations and relief efforts are underway, with 129 camps established. Crop damage is significant, and the government is assessing losses to provide compensation.

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Punjab CM Urges PM to Release Rs 60,000 Crore Stuck with Centre

By TNI Team September 1, 2025 $1 000 crore 000 per acre 000 per hectare 000 villages 25% state contribution 727 crore 800 per acre Amritsar Animal Husbandry Bhagwant Singh Mann Compensation crop loss dairy dam water release farmers farmland Fazilka ferozepur floods Government of India GST revenue loss Gurdaspur Hoshiarpur kapurthala lakhs of people livestock loss MDF reduction monsoon rains paddy fields pathankot PM Narendra Modi pMCsy projects RDF reduction Rs 15 Rs 17 Rs 49 Rs 50 Rs 6 Rs 60 Rs 8 Rs 828 crore rural connectivity rural households SDRF norms State Disaster Response Fund three lakh acres

NEW DELHI: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release all funds of the state worth Rs 60,000…

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Guru Sahib’s Honour Protected in Punjab Floods; AAP Leaders Donate One Month’s Salary

By TNI Team August 30, 2025 Aam aadmi Party AAP AAP leaders Abdullapur village administration administrative teams ardaas Beas river BHAGWANT MANN Cabinet colleagues Chief Minister community compassion crisis cultural identity emotional bond faith farmland submerged Flood Relief flood-hit regions floods Governance Guru Sahib homes inundated Hoshiarpur district humanity integrity Jasvir Singh Raja Gill Ministers MLA Natural Disasters New Delhi observers officials one month’s salary peace people’s lives Politics public faith punjab Punjab government Rajdharma relief efforts religious sanctity religious values rescue operations sangat saroop service Sikh tradition social media society solidarity Spiritual traditions Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Strength Unity Urmur constituency

AAP MLA Jasvir Singh Raja Gill led the respectful relocation of the Sikh holy scripture during Hoshiarpur floods. The Punjab government, under CM Mann, is providing relief, with officials donating a month’s salary. Actions reflect a commitment to protect lives, faith, and demonstrate government’s service to the people.

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Rishikesh–Karnaprayag BG Rail Link: A Himalayan Engineering Marvel Nears Completion

By TNI Team April 16, 2025 badrinath BG railway line bridges Broad Gauge Char Dham Railway connectivity construction efficiency Construction Progress defense personnel DEM Devprayag Devprayag–Lachmoli tunnel Digital Elevation Model Disaster Response earthquakes economic growth engineering challenges engineering prowess environmental impact floods goods movement himalayan region IIT Roorkee india china border Infrastructure Infrastructure Project Jobs Karnaprayag Kedarnath landslides logistics longest rail tunnel National Security Rail Vikas Nigam Limited remote areas Rishikesh–Karnaprayag rudraprayag RVNL seismic activity seismic studies socio-economic development SRINAGAR surveying techniques TBM tourism Travel Time Tunnel Boring Machine tunnel breakthroughs tunnels uttarakhand WorldView-2 satellite Yog Nagari Rishikesh

NEW DELHI: The Rishikesh–Karnaprayag Broad Gauge (BG) railway line, a transformative infrastructure project in Uttarakhand, is advancing steadily towards its anticipated completion by December 2026. …

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Chennai cyclone: City limps back to normalcy, yet lessons remain to be learned from 2015 floods

By Vivek Narayanan December 6, 2023 chennai chennai floods Cyclone floods miachung omr

CHENNAI: The deluge following the Michaung cyclone that killed 17 people and caused unprecedented damage to the infrastructure of one of the oldest cities in…