Punjab Minister Mundian directs revenue officials to ensure transparent, time-bound and swift assessment

Punjab Launches Flood Damage Assessment Drive: Minister Ensures Quick Compensation for Victims

In Chandigarh, Punjab’s Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian kicked off a major Special Girdawari exercise today. This statewide drive aims to assess the damage from recent floods and make sure every affected family gets their rightful compensation without any hassle.

Following Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s orders, the initiative promises to deliver aid to all flood victims in Punjab within 45 days. "Compensation isn’t a gift—it’s the right of every affected person," Mundian stressed during a briefing. He urged officials to handle the process with full transparency, speed, and accountability to leave no one out.

Mundian warned that any delays or negligence by officials will face strict action. The state government will monitor the entire effort daily to keep things fair and efficient. To speed up the work, revenue officers from unaffected areas will join teams in the hardest-hit villages.

A whopping 2,167 Patwaris (revenue officials) have been deployed across Punjab’s flood-affected districts. Here’s the breakdown: Amritsar (196), Barnala (115), Bathinda (21), Faridkot (15), Fazilka (110), Ferozepur (113), Gurdaspur (343), Hoshiarpur (291), Jalandhar (84), Kapurthala (149), Ludhiana (60), Malerkotla (7), Mansa (95), Moga (29), Pathankot (88), Patiala (141), Rupnagar (92), Sangrur (107), SAS Nagar (15), Sri Muktsar Sahib (25), and Tarn Taran (71).

These teams will visit villages one by one, inspect fields, homes, and farms, and report on crop damage, collapsed houses, and lost livestock. Farmers and residents can raise objections within a week, and officials will fix any issues right away.

This marks Punjab’s highest-ever flood compensation package. Farmers hit by crop losses will get Rs 20,000 per acre. Families with fully damaged houses receive Rs 1,20,000, while those with partial damage get Rs 40,000. For livestock, compensation includes Rs 37,500 for cows or buffaloes and Rs 4,000 for goats, following standard norms.

Floods have ravaged about 1,98,525 hectares of crops statewide. The worst-hit areas include Gurdaspur (40,169 hectares), Fazilka (25,182 hectares), Amritsar (27,154 hectares), Patiala (17,690 hectares), Kapurthala (17,574 hectares), Ferozepur (17,257 hectares), Tarn Taran (12,828 hectares), Mansa (12,207.38 hectares), Hoshiarpur (8,322 hectares), Sangrur (6,560 hectares), and others like Jalandhar, Rupnagar, Ludhiana, Bathinda, SAS Nagar, SBS Nagar, Pathankot, and Moga.

Tragically, the death toll from the floods has climbed to 56, with one more life lost in Moga in the last 24 hours.

The Mann government is all in on quick relief. In villages where crops are totally wiped out, compensation will arrive in just one month. Payments for house and livestock losses start from September 15 and will wrap up within the 45-day deadline, putting cash directly into victims’ hands. This flood relief effort in Punjab shows the state’s commitment to standing by its people in tough times.

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