The Punjab government will release Rs 71.50 crore more for the flood victims

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Punjab Government: Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Bram Shankar Jimpa presided over a meeting with all the Deputy Commissioners and senior officials of various departments and said that no stone should be left to help the flood victims. He said that the state government has no dearth of money to deal with this calamity and an advance of Rs 33.50 crore has already been released to all Deputy Commissioners for relief work.

He said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will soon release another amount of Rs 71.50 crore to provide all possible help to the flood victims. Informing the Deputy Commissioners about the instructions issued by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Gimpa directed that rations and medicines should be delivered to the flood victims so that no one is deprived of these essential items. He said that safety of life and property of every person should be given priority at this time. He said that if any person dies during the floods, his family should be given a compensation amount of Rs. 4 lakh immediately.

Addressing the Deputy Commissioners through video conferencing in the meeting, the Disaster Management Minister said that the dilapidated houses should be identified and people should be taken to safe places so that no one’s life is lost. He said that in this hour of crisis, we have to reach out to everyone who is suffering from floods. He said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has already said that it is the priority of the Punjab government to provide all kinds of assistance to the flood-affected areas.

Regarding the instructions issued by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, necessary guidelines were issued during a meeting with the top officials and field officers of the Water Supply and Sanitation Department so that the people in the flood-affected rural areas do not face any problem of clean drinking water.
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JIMPA particularly urged the Deputy Commissioners to save the animals, manage their fodder and ensure the delivery of essential medicines. On this occasion, Gimpa directed the concerned departments to fulfill whatever demands were made by the Deputy Commissioners to deal with the floods. Some districts asked for NDRF/SDRF teams which were accepted on the spot.

In the meeting, Special Chief Secretary Revenue K.A.P. Sinha, Principal Secretary of Water Supply and Sanitation Department Jaspreet Talwar, Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Department Vivek Pratap Singh, Principal Secretary of Water Resources Department Krishan Kumar, Secretary of Local Government Department Ajoy Sharma, Commissioner of Jalandhar Division Gurpreet Kaur Sapra, Forest Department Secretary Indu Malhotra, Revenue Department Special Secretary Dr. Amarpal Singh, Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Department Gurpreet Singh Khaira and Head of Water Supply and Sanitation Department Muhammad Ishfaq were present. Commissioners of various divisions of Punjab and Deputy Commissioners of districts joined the meeting through video conferencing.

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