A breach in the Mungeshpur drain near Bahadurgarh in Haryana’s Jhajjar district has flooded parts of the DelhiHaryana border, forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people and triggering overnight repair and relief efforts.

Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram has welcomed the Centre’s recent GST rationalisation and rate cuts but criticised the move as being “8 years too late”.

Death toll in Punjab has risen to 37, as the state witnessed the worst floods since 1988, officials said.