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Floods Devastate India's Breadbasket Of Punjab

In Punjab, often dubbed India's granary unprecedented floods have washed over swathes of farmland (Credit: AFP)

The fields are full but the paddy brown and wilted, and the air thick with the stench of rotting crops and livestock -- the aftermath of record monsoon rains that have devastated India's breadbasket.

In Punjab, often dubbed the country's granary, the damage is unprecedented: floods have swallowed farmlands almost the size of London and New York City combined.

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