Jalandhar: Paddy on 25,000 acres inundated, people in 50 villages told to move
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The Jalandhar district administration has ordered the evacuation of people in 50 flood-prone villages in Jalandhar after incessant rain lashed the region, leaving fields flooded.
Paddy crop across 25,000 acres at Sultanpur Lodhi, Gidderpindi and Lohian have been submerged and over 35 villages face a flood-like situation, according to MP Balbir Singh Seechewal. Large chunks of land under paddy cultivation were also inundated in the Shahkot-Nakodar belt.
