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An inter-ministerial Central team visited flood-affected areas in Punjab to assess the damage caused by recent floods and gather information from local officials and farmers. The Punjab government had requested the Centres intervention to compensate farmers for the loss of crops. The team will submit a report to the Union government for appropriate action to be taken.

To tide over the destruction caused by flash floods in the state this monsoon, Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has sought central assistance on the lines of the assistance provided by the Centre to neighbouring Uttarakhand during the Kedarnath flood disaster in June 2013.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday held a meeting with an eight-member central team led by financial advisor, National Disaster Management Authority, (NDMA) Ravneesh Kumar who had come to assess the damage caused by the natures fury in the state. He sought immediate assistance from

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The state government not just reportedly jumped the gun during the appointment of Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, in August, but also during the selection of VC at Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, last month.

Though the government has gone gaga about opening 16 new medical colleges in the state in the next five years, the reality is that the department is headless for the past one month.