Bains added that deputy commissioners, at their own level in each district, can declare holidays in schools situated in areas that are still flooded, or if the school building has suffered any damages.
While MGNREGA workers have been assigned the task of filling sandbags in all blocks of Jalandhar, many of them requested the government to cover their travel expenses if they need to travel beyond 5 km.
AAP government is also under fire for allegedly being unable to check illegal sand mining, something opposition leaders say led to a situation, which was more a man-made disaster than natural calamity.