Over 5,300 acres of land, spread across 15 of the 23 districts in Punjab, has been washed away in the recent floods that ravaged the state in August-September.

The data regarding the total land washed away — 5,307 acres — was revealed after the government completed the special girdawari of the flood-affected areas in the state.

The land got washed away due to the heavy flow of water in the Ravi, Beas and the Sutlej (after its confluence with the Beas at Harike) in August and due to the Beas changing its course following nearly 55 breaches in its embankments.

According to the data available with The Tribune, the maximum land was washed away in Amritsar (1,515 acres), Ferozepur (1,101 acres), Gurdaspur (544 acres), Nawanshahr (539 acres), Kapurthala (376 acres), Ludhiana (264 acres), Fazi

See Full Page