Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, along with the entire Cabinet and all Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, would be donating their one month’s salary towards flood relief efforts in the state, an official spokesperson said on Thursday.
Stating that Punjab has suffered significant losses due to nature’s fury, the spokesperson said that the chief minister said that he, along with his ministers and AAP MLAs, will be contributing one month’s salary to aid and support those affected by the floods.
It may be recalled that the AAP had come to power after the 2022 assembly polls winning 92 of the total 117 seats in the state.
Meanwhile, executing flood relief efforts on a war footing in the wake of recent floods caused by heavy rains and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, along with continued heavy rainfall in Punjab, the state government on Thursday claimed to have evacuated 5,290 people from flood-hit areas,so far.
Stating that 2,000 people were evacuated in Gurdaspur district, 710 in Amritsar, 2,000 in Ferozepur, 480 in Kapurthala, and 100 in Fazilka district, The spokesperson said adding that following the chief minister’s directives, state cabinet ministers visited affected districts today to inspect the relief efforts being carried out by local administrations.
