Chandigarh, Sept. 30 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday assured that the government will start disbursing flood-relief compensation to affected individuals before Diwali.

Mann made the announcement on the final day of the two-day special assembly session, convened to discuss the recent floods that caused unprecedented devastation in the state.

The Punjab government, according to the CM, is expected to complete the girdawari by October 15 and will subsequently start disbursing the compensation to the affected farmers and residents before Diwali.

The CM hit out against central ministers visiting the flood-affected parts of Punjab, remarking that they were on "disaster tourism" and "only wasting time of our police and admini...