PM Modi To Visit Flood-Hit Punjab On Sept 9, Likely To Announce Special Relief Package

Last Updated:September 07, 2025, 09:55 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit flood-hit Punjab, including Gurudaspur, to assess damage and review relief efforts for affected farmers and residents.

The economic devastation is particularly acute for the state’s agrarian community. (File)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Punjab, which is ravaged by catastrophic floods, on Tuesday, September 9, to assess the situation and review ongoing relief and rescue operations.

BJP’s Punjab unit, in a post on X, announced that the Prime Minister will be visiting Gurudaspur where he will meet with the flood-affected people, including farmers to “share their sorrow and take every possible step to help the victims.”

“This visit of the Prime Minister proves that the central BJP government always stands with the people of Punjab and will provide full support in this difficult time,” the party said.

As per sources, the Central government is also expected to announce a special relief package for the state, as it has been severely impacted by incessant rainfall and flash floods.

Earlier, it was reported that the Prime Minister would visit multiple rain-affected states to assess the situation. In the past few weeks, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand have been devastated by flash floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall.

Punjab Floods

The catastrophic floods ravaging Punjab have resulted in a rising human and economic toll, with officials confirming a death count of 46 across 14 districts as of Saturday. The human impact has been immense, with over 3.87 lakh people affected and nearly 2,000 villages submerged.

The deluge, caused by swollen rivers like the Sutlej and incessant monsoon rains, has been termed by officials as the worst the state has faced in decades, surpassing the scale of the 1988 floods.

The floodwaters have submerged and severely damaged crops on over 1.75 lakh hectares of land across 18 districts, with Gurdaspur, Fazilka, and Ferozepur among the worst hit. Farmers, who were just weeks away from a bumper harvest of paddy and other crops, have seen their livelihoods wiped out overnight.

In response to the crisis, the state government has declared Punjab a disaster-affected area and is working on a war footing to provide relief. More than 22,000 people have been rescued from flood-hit villages by joint teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Indian Army, and the Border Security Force (BSF). Over 200 relief camps have been established to shelter the displaced, housing thousands of individuals who have lost their homes.

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