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Punjab Floods 2025: Climate Chaos and Government Failure

Punjab is reeling under its worst floods since 1988—its second major flood in just three years. Nearly 1,900 villages are submerged, over 1.71 lakh hectares of crops have been destroyed, and dozens of lives lost. While the AAP government claims relief operations are underway, ground reports reveal a different reality—slow, inadequate, and poorly coordinated. In this video story, The Wire’s Vivek Gupta examines how extreme rainfall, fuelled by shifting weather patterns, has pushed Punjab into crisis—and why the state remains unprepared despite repeated warnings. This devastation was also amplified by neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, where similar torrential rain in the past few weeks swelled major rivers like the Sutlej and Beas, forcing massive downstream discharges from dams like Bhakra and Pong built on these rivers. As floodwaters gushed downstream, Punjab’s villages and towns were turned into a sea of destruction. This has placed dam water release (mis)management as one of keys Punjab’s flood debate along with climate change impact and lack of preventive government strategies. Beyond the politics and blame game, this story underlines a hard truth: floods are no longer rare disasters—they are the new normal. Join The Wire's Youtube Membership and get exclusive content, member-only emojis, live interaction with The Wire's founders, editors and reporters and much more. Memberships to The Wire Crew start at Rs 89/month.    / @thewirenews