India, Aug. 29 -- Punjab is grappling with one of its worst flood crises in recent years as incessant monsoon rains have caused rivers to swell, inundating 835 villages across the state. The deluge has led to the evacuation of nearly 6,600 people, with the administration and the Indian Army working round-the-clock to conduct rescue and relief operations.

The Punjab government has established a state-level flood control room at Jalandhar's Circuit House. Jalandhar deputy commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal, nodal officer of the flood control room, said 202 villagers are affected by floods in Gurdaspur district, followed by 107 in Kapurthala, 93 in Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur 85 and 81 in Pathankot district.

Aggarwal added that 64 villagers in Mukts...