
With weather clearing in rain-battered Punjab and Haryana, both the state governments on Tuesday accelerated relief work in flood-affected areas which have witnessed loss of nine lives and properties worth crores of rupees.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said to make the relief operations more effective, 14 teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and two teams of State Disaster Response Force (Jalandhar and Kapurthala) are working tirelessly in the flood affected areas in 11 districts (Ropar, Patiala, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Moga, Jalandhar, Ferozepur, Kapurthala, Tarantaran and Sangrur). More than 9000 people were evacuated safely till last night, he said.
While medicines worth Rs 50,000 per district have been distributed at tehsil headquarters to veterinary officers, the health department has also released a grant of Rs 12.5 lakhs in district hospitals to cater their emergency needs.
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