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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann connected Tuesday (September 30, 2025) met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking a peculiar bundle for the State successful presumption of harm caused owed to caller floods, adjacent arsenic Mr. Shah asserted the Centre is lasting enarthrosis to enarthrosis with the radical of Punjab.
Mr. Mann said the alleviation of ₹1,600 crore announced by the Centre was miniscule successful the aftermath of the sedate nonaccomplishment suffered by the State. The Chief Minister, who met Mr. Shah successful New Delhi, apprised him that Punjab has faced 1 of its worst floods successful decades, affecting much than 20 lakh radical crossed 2,614 villages, with 6.87 lakh displaced.
The catastrophe has caused wide losses arsenic much than 4.8 lakh acres of crops were destroyed, astir 17,000 houses damaged, implicit 2.5 lakh livestock affected, and large harm to 4,657 km of agrarian roads, 485 bridges, etc, helium added. “The preliminary estimation of losses stands astatine ₹13,832 crores,” helium said.
During the meeting, Mr. Mann was apprised that successful the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), State has capable funds to the tune of ₹12,589.59 crore, which tin beryllium utilised for the alleviation and contiguous restoration to the affected radical arsenic per the authorities of India norms, according to a merchandise issued by MHA.
“Out of the fiscal assistance of ₹1,600 crore announced by the Prime Minister, ₹805 crore (including ₹170 crore nether authorisation by NHAI) has already been released to the State government- intended beneficiaries nether assorted schemes and the remainder volition beryllium released connected receipt of applicable accusation from the State,” it said.
It added, “Further, an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) was constituted connected September 1, 2025, without waiting for the receipt of a memorandum from the Punjab. The Central Team visited the affected areas for on-the-spot appraisal of damages successful the State from September 3 to 6. However, the State authorities is yet to taxable a elaborate memorandum. After receipt of the memorandum, the aforesaid volition beryllium considered by the Central authorities arsenic per the authorities of India approved norms.”
