Punjab has experienced its most devastating flooding in over three decades, causing catastrophic agricultural losses across both the Indian and Pakistani regions. The floods have submerged hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland, destroying rice paddies, cotton fields, and sugar cane crops under several feet of water. Farmers have reported losing both their crops and homes, with many families forced to evacuate to rooftops to escape rising waters.
The disaster has claimed more than 43 lives and affected nearly 2,000 villages in Indian Punjab alone, where power outages and contaminated water supplies have compounded the crisis. Across the border in Pakistani Punjab, the situation has been even more severe with nearly 2 million people evacuated and over 4,000 villages submerged. Overflowing rivers have destroyed embankments and swept through agricultural lands, including luxury developments near riverbanks.
Local authorities have faced criticism for inadequate disaster preparedness despite prior warnings about extreme monsoon conditions. Farmers on both sides of the border now face massive debts and potential abandonment of agriculture, threatening the food security of a region traditionally known as South Asia's breadbasket. Experts have cited climate change, deforestation, and poor river management as contributing factors to the scale of destruction.
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