Mann steps up demand for flood relief package

THE Punjab Assembly on Monday passed a resolution accusing the Centre of not responding adequately to the state's flood crisis and demanded a special financial package of ₹20,000 crore for compensation and rehabilitation.

- 

The resolution said Punjab had been ravaged by catastrophic floods, "widely regarded as the worst and most destructive deluge since the 1988 floods," affecting over 20 lakh people, destroying crops on nearly five lakh acres, causing heavy livestock losses, and damaging both private and public property.