Gurdaspur, Sept. 1 -- Congress MP from Punjab's Gurdaspur, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing grave concern over the devastating floods in the border districts of Gurdaspur and Pathankot, and has demanded an immediate central relief package.

He stated that this calamity has engulfed 1,018 villages of Punjab, destroyed over 3 lakh acres of crops, and claimed 23 human lives along with numerous dairy and domestic animals. Countless houses, valuables, agricultural equipment, and machinery have been wiped out in the floods.

Randhawa highlighted that the tragic scenes of destruction in his Lok Sabha constituency demand the urgent attention of the Centre. The breach of floodgates at Madhopur Headw...