Floods devastate the Indian state, killing 30 and submerging 1400 villages

At least 30 people were killed and over 354,000 were affected by continuous heavy rainfall and floods in the North Indian State Pengjab.

Authorities announced all 23 floods of the state after rivers and tanks swelled to almost tails levels.

About 20,000 people have been evacuated by low -site and affected areas, with hundreds of assistance bearings designed to provide shelter and basic facilities for the affected families.

By attracting the country to “stand up to the state”, the Chief Minister of Pendjab Bhawant Man said that these are the highest floods that the state has seen since 1988.

Punjab is often called India’s “food basket” and is a major source for agricultural production, especially on brackets such as wheat and rice.

The government says it has had great damage to the harvest of about 148,000 hectares of agricultural land that has been submerged underwater.

A quarter of the 30 million Pengjab people depend on agriculture, provoking immediate concern about rural livelihoods.

The straits of the straits have caused the water level in the Sutlej, Beas and Beas and Ravi rivers to rise to dangerous levels, exposing hundreds of low -spaced areas at risk. Many tanks have also been reported approaching full capacity.

Numerous disaster response teams, along with the Indian army, Airforce and the Navy, help rescue operations. About 35 helicopters and more than 100 boats are pressed.

On Tuesday, Chief Minister Man toured the Ferrozepur -affected area by the flooding neighborhood by boat. He said the situation was gloomy and sought funds from the federal government to deal with the crisis.

The Time Indian agency said floods were caused by repeated interactions between monsoon currents and meteorological systems as Western interruptions.

It also brought unusually heavy rains to several other parts of northern India, the message said.

Through the entire Indian border floods have also devastated Pakistani province of Pengjabaffecting about two million people in the last few weeks.

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