Punjab floods: Army and NDRF launch large-scale rescue ops

Over 6,600 people have been evacuated from flood-hit regions across Punjab, which remains partially submerged due to relentless rainfall. With worsening conditions, the NDRF, Indian Army, BSF, and IAF have launched large-scale rescue operations to assist stranded residents. Take a look at these powerful ground-level pictures capturing the grim situation of the flood devastation in Punjab.

People with their belongings on a boat make their way through a waterlogged area following heavy rainfall, in Kapurthala, Punjab.

Relief and rescue efforts continue in a flood-affected region of Amritsar.

People with their cattle wade through a waterlogged area following heavy rainfall inrainfall, in Kapurthala.

Locals are being evacuated from a flooded area following heavy rainfall in Kapurthala, Punjab.

An aerial view of the partially submerged structures following floods in the region, in Gurdaspur.

A dozen people are being evacuated from a flooded area following heavy rainfall in Kapurthala, Punjab.

People rescue their cattle from a flood-affected area in the Kapurthala district of Punjab.

People being evacuated from a flooded area following heavy rainfall in Kapurthala, Punjab.

People look at a vehicle partially submerged in a waterlogged area following the collapse of floodgates at the Madhopur Headworks during the monsoon season in Gurdaspur, Punjab.

People make their way through a waterlogged area following the collapse of floodgates at the Madhopur Headworks during the monsoon season in Gurdaspur, Punjab.