Months after devastating floods turned Ghonewal village in Punjab’s Amritsar into a centre of attention, residents continue to wait for government compensation for their massive losses. Despite official claims of partial disbursal of relief funds, dozens of families maintain that they have yet to receive any assistance.

Tensions recently flared when sarpanch Amarjit Singh and former sarpanch and Aam Aadmi Party leader Pirthipal Singh exchanged heated words over a planned Diwali celebration. Pirthipal Singh arrived with social activists wishing to lift the spirits of flood-hit families, while Amarjit Singh objected, saying it was inappropriate to celebrate when villagers were still grieving and awaiting relief.

“The government has failed to compensate us,” he said, adding that it was la

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