1,159 villages in 14 districts affected, Punjab sets up 183 relief camps; says 18k people evacuated

He said that 18,802 persons have been evacuated and taken to safe places. Out of this, 13,518 in Patiala, 2,200 in Ropar, 155 in Moga, 300 in Ludhiana, 1,400 in Mohali, 200 in Nawanshahar, 500 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 19 in Tarn Taran and 510 persons have been evacuated from flood-affected areas in Jalandhar district.

Currently, 14 districts are affected by floods including Patiala, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Pathankot, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Ropar, Moga, Ludhiana, Mohali and Sangrur.

According to the information received from the animal husbandry department, a total of 630 animals have been treated in the state and 2896 animals have been vaccinated in the flood affected areas. Apart from this, most of the districts have completed their H.S vaccination drive. Rescue teams are working round the clock to provide treatment, feed supply and fodder to the needy animals.

On the other hand, the teams of the health department are working in the flood-affected areas. According to the spokesperson, 315 Rapid Response Teams (RRT) have been working at flood affected areas. The health department has set up 186 medical camps in the affected areas and the total number of OPDs is 6235 so far. He further informed that the Food and Civil Supplies Department has also speeded up the work to deliver the food packets in flood-affected areas.

An additional demand of 3100 dry food packets has been received on Thursday, making total demand of dry food packets in the flood-affected areas to 43,100. In response to this demand, 27,860 packets of dry food have been distributed by the department.