Rain lashed parts of flood-hit Punjab and neighbouring Haryana again, with their common capital Chandigarh receiving 20.4 mm of showers during the 24-hour period ending 8.30 am on Thursday.

Rains have compounded the flood situation in Punjab with the death toll rising to 37, while crops on 1.75 lakh hectares of land in 23 districts got damaged by the worst deluge in the state since 1988.

Punjab's Mohali logged 18 mm of rain, followed by 14.8 mm in Gurdaspur, 6.4 mm in Amritsar, 2.3 mm in Patiala, and 0.4 mm in Ludhiana.