Chandigarh
\nResponding to the appeal of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for all-out efforts to help in the Kerala flood relief efforts, the office of Advocate General Atul Nanda has donated Rs. 31 lakh to the Kerala CM\u2019s Relief Fund.<\/p>\n
A cheque for the amount, on behalf of the AG office law officers, staff etc, was presented to the Captain Amarinder Singh at Punjab Bhawan this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Captain Amarinder Singh led state government had earlier announced Rs. 10 Crores worth of relief, including financial assistance of Rs. 5 Crores from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund besides dispatching four plane loads of 150 MTs of relief material, for Kerala relief and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n
The Chief Minister urged others to follow suit and support the Kerala people who were facing extreme hardship due to unprecedented floods.<\/p>\n
The State Government has already deputed IAS officer Basant Garg, along with a small team of officials at Thiruvananthapuram, to coordinate the relief operation with the Kerala State Government, said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n
The Punjab Government would be mobilizing further relief material as and when requisitioned by the Kerala administration, said the Chief Minister.<\/p>\n
All Congress MPs and MLAs of the Punjab Congress had also decided to donate their one-month salary to support the Kerala flood relief measures.<\/p>\n
Acting on the Chief Minister’s directive, the Punjab IAS Officers\u2019 Association had also decided to donate one day\u2019s salary each to the CM\u2019s Relief Fund, the official spokesperson added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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