<p>A total of 1,457 villages in Punjab are still affected by floods caused by the recent heavy downpour in the state, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Currently, 19 districts – Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar, Kapurthala, Patiala, Moga, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Jalandhar, Sangrur, SBS Nagar, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Bathinda and Pathankot – are flood-affected, they said.</p>.<p>A total of 27,221 people were evacuated from waterlogged areas and taken to safer places in the state, the officials said, adding 170 relief camps are operational in which 4,909 flood-hit people are staying.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/heavy-rains-batter-south-gujarat-saurashtra-navsari-junagadh-cities-worst-hit-1239658.html">Heavy rains batter south Gujarat, Saurashtra; Navsari, Junagadh cities worst hit</a></strong></p>.<p>According to a report by the revenue department, 40 people lost their lives due to the floods and 15 were injured.</p>.<p>Several districts of Punjab and Haryana were battered by the recent heavy downpour that left normal life paralysed and flooded vast tracts of residential and agricultural land.</p>.<p>Though the floodwaters have receded in many areas of Punjab and Haryana, work on plugging breaches in earthen embankments that have come up along the rivers was going on.</p>.<p>Punjab Water Resources Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Thursday issued instructions to speed up the work on plugging breaches along rivers at different places in the state.</p>
<p>A total of 1,457 villages in Punjab are still affected by floods caused by the recent heavy downpour in the state, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Currently, 19 districts – Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar, Kapurthala, Patiala, Moga, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Jalandhar, Sangrur, SBS Nagar, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Bathinda and Pathankot – are flood-affected, they said.</p>.<p>A total of 27,221 people were evacuated from waterlogged areas and taken to safer places in the state, the officials said, adding 170 relief camps are operational in which 4,909 flood-hit people are staying.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/heavy-rains-batter-south-gujarat-saurashtra-navsari-junagadh-cities-worst-hit-1239658.html">Heavy rains batter south Gujarat, Saurashtra; Navsari, Junagadh cities worst hit</a></strong></p>.<p>According to a report by the revenue department, 40 people lost their lives due to the floods and 15 were injured.</p>.<p>Several districts of Punjab and Haryana were battered by the recent heavy downpour that left normal life paralysed and flooded vast tracts of residential and agricultural land.</p>.<p>Though the floodwaters have receded in many areas of Punjab and Haryana, work on plugging breaches in earthen embankments that have come up along the rivers was going on.</p>.<p>Punjab Water Resources Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Thursday issued instructions to speed up the work on plugging breaches along rivers at different places in the state.</p>