Punjab is grappling with severe flooding as 14 districts have been hit leaving over 1.9 lakh acres of agricultural land submerged. The devastating floods have resulted in extensive financial losses to farmers, particularly in the crucial paddy-growing season.

A total of 11,330 people have been evacuated to safer places from the flood-affected areas across the state, according to the office of director, land records, Jalandhar, a nodal agency managing state’s flood control room, which is sending a daily report to the state financial revenue commissioner after compiling data about estimated loss to agriculture land and livestock, besides providing data on daily evacuations and affected villages.

The farmers and state agricultural department are fearing severe loss to the paddy crop due accumulation of water in the fields for the past two weeks. The government has already ordered a special “girdawari” (crop loss assessment) and it will be done once the floodwater recedes from the affected areas.