Chandigarh, Oct. 9 -- Following severe floods in August and September, the Punjab government has drafted a memorandum seeking Rs.13,300 crore from the Centre for compensation and reconstruction. The floods caused extensive damage to kharif crops, primarily paddy, as well as loss of lives, milch animals, and property. Of the total amount, the state government has sought Rs 2,500 crore as compensation for damages to rural infrastructure, including roads, bridges, schools, dispensaries, hospitals and mandis. Government sources say the report is preliminary and information from the field is still trickling in and when it is complete, an updated memorandum will be sent to the central government. A total of 30,000 houses have been damaged out of which 9,000 have been completely damaged and the state government has demanded Rs 1.20 lakh for each damaged house totalling Rs 360 crore. In the girdawari conducted by the state revenue department to assess the losses, crops on over 2.97 lakh acres have been completely damaged for which Rs.2,000 crore has been sought from the Centre. For desilting of sand on over 85,863 acres, the government has demanded Rs.25,000 per acre, as according to officials in the revenue department, it is an uphill task for a farmer to remove silt from their fields even if they have been allowed to sell the sand. Earlier on a visit to flood-ravaged Punjab on September 9, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced financial assistance of Rs.1,600 crore in addition to the Rs.12,000 crore already in the state's kitty. He announced the advance release of the second instalment of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi. The relief package, according to Modi, included rebuilding homes under the PM Awas Yojana, restoring national highways, reconstructing schools, and distributing mini kits for livestock to help the entire region and its people get back on their feet. As per preliminary reports collated from the girdawari being conducted by the revenue department, out of the 5 lakh acres of farmland affected due to the floods in August-September, the crop over 2.97 lakh acres has suffered 100% damage. The assessment of 3.5 lakh acres has been completed, and the state is collating the data of the remaining 1.5 lakh acres. "The memorandum to the Centre will be sent on Thursday," said a senior official in the revenue department....