Chandigarh: Over 5,300 acres of land, spread across 15 of the total 23 districts of Punjab, have been washed away in the floods that ravaged the state in the months of August and September, this year, according to the special girdawari (survey) conducted by the state government in the flood-hit areas.

The survey revealed that the land got washed away due to the spate in the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers after Beas changed its course because of breaches in its embankments at 55 places.

Resultantly, according to media reports, while over 1,500 acres land was washed away in Amritsar, 1,100 in Ferozepur, 544 acres in Gurdaspur, 539 acres in Nawanshahr, 376 acres in Kapurthala, 264 acres in Ludhiana, 244 acres in Fazilka and 208 acres in Mohali were washed away in the devastating floods.

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