Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited the flood affected areas of Amritsar and interacted with the people affected by the natural disaster.
During this, Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Wading, Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Pratap Singh Bajwa, Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla and other party leaders were also present.
After reaching Amritsar, Rahul Gandhi went to Ghonwal village in Ajnala, Amritsar and met the flood affected people and reviewed the damage.
Ghnewal village is one of the many areas of Ajnala which have been badly affected by flood waters.
Rahul sat among some flood affected people and interacted with them.
After visiting Ghnewal village, Rahul Gandhi will go to the historic Gurudwara Baba Budha Sahib in Ramdas area of Amritsar.
The former Congress president is also scheduled to visit the flood affected areas of Gurdaspur district.
Punjab is facing the most severe floods in decades. The flood was the result of the boom of seasonal drains due to heavy rains in the catchment areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir along with the rivers Sutlej, Vyas and Ravi rivers. Heavy rains in the state also made the flood situation serious.
56 people lost their lives due to floods and crops in 1.98 lakh hectares have been destroyed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the flood and damage in Punjab after an aerial survey of flood affected areas during his visit on September 9.
The Prime Minister had announced a financial assistance of Rs 1,600 crore for the flood -affected state, which is in addition to Rs 12,000 crore given to the state.
Earlier, Union ministers, including Shivraj Singh Chauhan, L. Murugan and BL Verma, visited the flood affected areas to take stock of the situation.
