Punjab Govt Sets Up 183 Relief Camps In Flood Affected Areas

With over 14 districts affected by floods, the Punjab government has increased the number of relief camps from 127 to 183 in flood affected areas. In addition, the procedure of getting dry food packs and essential medicines to the flood victims has been sped up.

According to official information from the state government, till 13 July, 1,159 settlements in 14 districts had been impacted by the flood. In a similar vein, flooding has also affected certain towns. There are currently 183 aid camps operating in the state, with 25 of them in Patiala, 16 in Ropar, and 7 in Moga. Similar relief camps have been built in Ludhiana, Mohali, Nawanshahar, Sangrur, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur, Tarn Taran, Jalandhar, and 8 camps in Kapurthala.

As per the state government, 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.

The teams of the health department are working in the flood-affected areas. According to the government, 315 Rapid Response Teams (RRT) have been working in the 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. 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 was 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.