The AAP-led Punjab authorities on Wednesday launched the primary installment of Rs 209 crore as compensation for flood-affected individuals throughout the state. Of this quantity, Rs 3.50 crore has been allotted to Sangrur district.Finance and planning minister Harpal Singh Cheema launched the distribution drive in Dhuri by handing over approval letters to eight flood-affected households.Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann inaugurated the mission in Ajnala, the place checks price Rs 5.70 crore had been distributed to 631 farmers.In keeping with the Punjab authorities, farmers will obtain Rs 20,000 per acre for crop loss, whereas compensation for broken homes has been elevated to Rs 40,000 from Rs 4,000 earlier. Reduction quantities can be decided based mostly on injury assessments.Punjab’s finance and planning minister mentioned that heavy rainfall and flooding brought about in depth injury to crops, homes, and public infrastructure within the state. He additionally acknowledged that the Punjab authorities had sought the discharge of Rs 1,600 crore in particular help introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modiclarifying that the Rs 240 crore acquired to this point was a part of the common annual allocation.