The relief trucks carried 1,000 ration kits, 600 packets of drinking water, 400 mosquito nets, 400 mattresses, and 200 folding beds.
Punjab Floods: Punjab Cabinet Ministers Take Stock of Flood-Affected Areas Latest News: As Punjab is gripped by the worst flood devastation in nearly 50 years, efforts are being made round the clock for the relief and rescue operations of the flood-affected people and animals.
Today, on September 1, Punjab Finance Minister S. Harpal Singh Cheema flagged off five trucks of Relief Material for flood-affected people of the Ajnala sub-division from Mohali. The relief trucks carried 1,000 ration kits, 600 packets of drinking water, 400 mosquito nets, 400 mattresses, and 200 folding beds.
Expressing gratitude to Aam Aadmi Party volunteers and the people of Punjab for their overwhelming contribution towards relief efforts, Mr. Cheema said that Punjab has made countless sacrifices for the nation, and now is the time for the Central Government to stand with its people.
Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian visited the villages of Sabuana and Badiwala in the Fazilka district.
Cabinet Minister Harjot Singh Bains has taken charge of the rescue operations in flood-affected areas of Sri Anandpur Sahib and visited different areas of his constituency. He said our government is standing shoulder to shoulder with them. He is closely monitoring the situation and overseeing rescue and relief operations to ensure public safety.
Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains has launched a helpline number : +91 87279- 62441 for the people of flood-affected areas of Sri Anandpur Sahib constituency. This helpline number will work twenty-four hours.
Jail and Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar today visited flood-hit areas of Khadoor Sahib, Fatehabad and Dhunda in Tarn Taran district and took stock of the flood situation. He distributed relief materials like ration, food kits, drinking water etc. to the needy people and also arranged fodder for the animals. S. Bhullar said that our Government is standing with them in this hour of calamity, and due compensation will be given for their financial loss and damage of crops after evaluation of the loss (Girdawari).
Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh E. T. O. today helped the villagers in filling up a 50-foot-deep and 200-meter-wide pit caused by a landslide in Marr village near Harike town of Tarn Taran district. Apart from this, he also visited the flood-affected areas in Keeri village. He also reviewed the relief work being carried out in the flood-affected areas. He assured the flood victims that our government is committed to providing all kinds of help to them.
During flooding in Sultanpur Lodhi, Cabinet Ministers Hardeep Singh Mundian and Mohinder Bhagat undertook relief operations to assist affected communities. Both the Cabinet Ministers navigated through waterlogged areas in the Mand region using tractors and reached even the most inaccessible flood-stricken zones.
Lok Sabha Member Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and MLA Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal reviewed the ongoing relief work for the victims of the flood-affected areas at Dana Mandi, located on Chogawan Road in Ajnala. In this relief, essential items like medical kits, cattle feed for animals etc were distributed to flood-affected people.
Punjab CM Appeals to Punjabis Living Across the World for Help
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann today appealed to Punjabis living across the world and those in the state to contribute to the relief effort. Minister Cheema said that 50 lakh has been collected so far in the Chief Minister's Fund for the relief and rescue of those affected by the devastating flood. Cheema also called out the Centre for not releasing Punjab's due fund of Rs 60,000 crore, and he demanded that officials from the Centre visit to assess the situation on the ground, as Home Minister Amit Shah did today in Jammu. The Home Minister visited flood-affected areas in Jammu and assured full support.
Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Member of Parliament from Sangrur also wrote to PM Modi seeking a special relief package for Punjab.
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