Chandigarh, Sept. 18 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday launched 'Mission Chardi Kala'-a global fundraising campaign to raise funds for the rehabilitation efforts for Punjab flood victims.

In a video message, the CM said that in the past days, the state witnessed a scene that our generations will never forget as floods washed away millions of dreams.

"As many as 2,300 villages are submerged, more than 2 million people affected, five lakh acres of crops destroyed, 56 precious lives were lost, and seven lakh people have become homeless," Mann said.

Likewise, the chief minister said that 3,200 government schools have been damaged, 19 colleges have been turned into rubble, 1,400 clinics and hospitals have been ruined, 8,500km of ...