As the weather clears up in India's northwestern state of Punjab, the true extent of the flood damage is slowly coming to light. The death toll stands at 53, while swathes of farmland have been destroyed. And survivors question whether the disaster is fuelled by climate change or poor planning.

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Heavy rainfall in Punjab, India, has caused widespread flooding, submerging roads and bridges, and isolating border villages. Many farmers, such as Sukhdev Singh, have lost their crops, livestock, and homes, resulting in significant financial distress and mounting debt. The floods have breached at least 45 embankments, requiring extensive repairs, while experts highlight the role of mismanaged river systems and inadequate maintenance of dams and canals in exacerbating the crisis.

Relief efforts are underway, with volunteers and medical teams providing aid to affected communities. However, questions remain about the effectiveness of current flood management strategies, and critics warn that without improved infrastructure and planning, Punjab remains vulnerable to future monsoon-related disasters.

Heavy downpours in Punjab destroy crops and livelihoods

Farmer Sukhdev Singh has returned home a month after rains started to wreak havoc in Punjab. His village is in the zero line with Pakistan. For days, these border villages were completely cut off, as roads and a connecting bridge were submerged in the flooding waters of the Sutlej. SUKHDEV SINGH, Farmer, Punjab I leased over 40,000 square meters of land for farming. All of it is destroyed. All the farmers here are ruined. I have even lost some cattle, people have died. These floods are devastating. We are now drowning in loans. If we are not able to grow crops, how shall we pay back the loans? We are not able to even pay off the interest. Singh's house was rebuilt thrice post the 1988, 1995 and 2010 floods. With farmlands and houses destroyed, poor farmers in the state now face a deep economic crisis. SUKHDEV SINGH, Farmer, Punjab When the floods recede, I don't know if I will be able to plant wheat or not. The waters will take at least a whole month to recede completely. Silt fills in the fields, which is very difficult to remove. The silting is time-consuming, and I don't even have money to do it. The state has recorded at least 45 embankment breaches because of swelling rivers, which will need millions of dollars for repair. But mismanagement of river systems is also to be blamed for recurring floods causing severe damage to the agrarian state economy, experts argue. We have to secure the ecosystem beforehand, which we are not doing. We have to manage the canals. We have to desilt, say, Bhakra and the other dam systems. Their capacities are down to about 70 to 80 percent, if not lesser. The same is true for the canals, the same is true for the rivers as they flow down into the state. Meanwhile, private organizations and volunteers from across the country are coming forward to help the affected people get back on their feet, like this group of doctors who have set up a medical camp. We provide medical aid. We also use the National Disaster Response Force's boats to go to villages and attend to sick people. People are stranded in submerged villages and there is no other way to reach them. As volunteers help survivors slowly rebuild their lives, questions remain about whether poor drainage and mismanagement of dams and canals allowed floodwaters in Punjab to breach the embankments. And critics warn that the state's long road to recovery will be in vain without stronger precautions against recurring monsoons. Smita Sharma, TRT World, Fazilka, Punjab.

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