Punjab floods: CM Mann says monitoring ‘natural disaster’, Congress terms it ‘man-made’

With many areas in Punjab reeling below floodwater on Thursday (August 28, 2025), Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann asserted he was usually monitoring the state of affairs unfolding within the State as a result of “pure catastrophe”, even because the Congress termed it “man-made”, blaming the AAP for failing to behave well timed.

A number of roads, low-lying areas and farmland have been inundated following the rains. The rains have left the rivers Sutlej, Ravi and Beas flowing via Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in spate.

Mr. Mann, after conducting the whirlwind tour of the flood-affected areas, requested the Deputy Commissioners of the affected districts to accentuate the tempo of reduction and rescue measures, moreover offering all vital materials to the households stranded at inundated villages.

In Amritsar, in the course of the Chief Minister’s go to, officers knowledgeable him concerning the injury brought about to the standing crops, homes, public installations and livestock because of floods. Describing the state of affairs as “unprecedented”, Mr. Mann assured all potential help from his authorities to the folks, including that the state authorities has already began large reduction and rescue work.

He stated that efforts are being made to plug the breaches, moreover guaranteeing the dewatering of waterlogged areas on the earliest in an effort to present reduction to the residents of those areas. The Well being Division has been requested to make sure a requisite inventory of medicines to include the outbreak of water-borne ailments within the districts dealing with a extreme disaster because of floods, he stated, including he’s usually monitoring the state of affairs unfolding within the state as a result of pure catastrophe.

In Jalandhar, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring stated, “The devastation brought on by floods in Punjab was a man-made catastrophe for the reason that Punjab authorities didn’t take well timed motion to take out water from dams upfront regardless of the anticipation of heavy rains. The federal government didn’t take preventive and precautionary measures towards floods, which have submerged massive elements of the state and brought about humongous losses to crops and property,” he stated.

The vast majority of flood-affected villages are in Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Fazilka, Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur and Amritsar districts.