Three schools — Government Primary School in Baupur, Government High School in Baupur Jadid, and Government Primary School in Kammewal — remain shut. Teachers cleaned grounds in hopes of restarting classes, but water returned. Roads are broken, homes cracked, and families displaced. Parents, mostly farmers, now face crop loss and financial strain, with children’s studies suffering.

Sukhdev Singh, a farmer from Baupur Kadim, said his three children sit idle after floods destroyed both fields and schools. Another parent, Satnam Singh, shared how his Class 10 son has not studied for a month, describing cracks in both their home and his child’s spirit.

Teachers are improvising with phone calls, worksheets, and home visits, while online classes are arranged for some. Exams for secondary classes have been postponed, and primary exams may see underprepared students. Officials say safety comes first, though the road to recovery looks long for both families and education.

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AAP leader and Punjab affairs in-charge Manish Sisodia shared this update in a press conference. The move comes as lakhs of acres have become uncultivable due to heavy deposits of sand and silt brought by the Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej rivers. Farmers already struggling with huge losses will get some financial relief from selling the sand.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who is recovering from a bacterial infection in a Mohali hospital, will attend the Cabinet meeting via video call. Sisodia said the CM is concerned about the massive damage to crops like paddy, cotton, maize, and sugarcane across 4.3 lakh acres.

Farmers from Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur told Sisodia that selling the sand is the only way to recover losses. The CM has agreed to make policy changes quickly so that farmers can extract and sell sand from their fields without delay.

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