Monsoon’s here but state isn’t rain ready

Flooding and waterlogging during monsoon in Punjab is a tale as old as time. This year, with the state government and district authorities busy tackling the Covid-19 pandemic and as such late to start preparing for the rains, HT surveys how prepared major cities of Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Amritsar and Patiala are for the rains that are expected to spread across the state in the next 24-48 hours