Chandigarh, Aug 30
With floods affecting 1,018 villages in Punjab, 4,711 people were evacuated and shifted to safer places in Punjab in the past 24 hours, the government said on Saturday.
They include 812 residents of Ferozepur, 2,571 from Gurdaspur, four from Moga, 60 from Tarn Taran, 25 from Barnala, and 1,239 from Fazilka.
A total of 11,330 have been rescued so far from nine flood-hit districts. These include 2,819 from Ferozepur, 1,052 from Hoshiarpur, 240 from Kapurthala, 4,771 from Gurdaspur, 24 from Moga, 1,100 from Pathankot, 60 from Tarn Taran, 25 from Barnala, and 1,239 from Fazilka.
Currently, 77 relief camps are fully operational out of 87 set up in flood-affected areas, providing shelter to 4,729 people.