Floods threaten to dim Diwali lights for families in Punjab
With the festival of lights just around the corner, darkness looms large over the flood-ravaged villages of Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district, Punjab as families grapple with the loss of homes, fields and hope as well. Pargat Singh, a marginal farmer, had built a small two-room house with hard work, but then floods came and his home was washed away.