 a view of River Sutlej in Rupnagar, Punjab, India | |
| Date | July 1993 |
|---|---|
| Location | Punjab Assam Bihar West Bengal Haryana Jammu and Kashmir Himachal Pradesh Gujarat |
| Cause | Heavy rain Landslide Severe weather |
| Deaths | 530–550 |
| Property damage | unknown |
The 1993 India floods[1] was a deadly flood caused by several days long heavy monsoon rains and severe weather that occurred in July 1993 across eight states in the north of the country. Severe floods left 530 fatalities and millions people went homeless, including from Haryana. Punjab with 350 deaths was the most affected state where "1.2 million acres of crops" were extensively damaged, mostly from Patiala, north-western region of the state. Flash floods swept away major railway tracks, roads, and bridges, leading to disrupt the communications between the northeastern states and the rest of the country. Initial reports cited one hundred deaths in Gujarat.
It is believed floods swept away more than one hundred cattle from the affected areas. Ajnala town of Amritsar district in Punjab also suffered a heavy loss where floods washed away a large number of the villages.[2][3]
- ^ "No lesson learnt from 1993 floods - Chandigarh News". The Times of India. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Monsoon Floods Kill 983 in Asia" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Sandhu, K.; August 15, 1993. "Official neglect compounds misery of Punjab flood-hit". India Today.
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