CHANDIGARH: To deal with the situation caused by the devastating floods in Punjab, Members of Parliament from the Aam Aadmi Party have announced that they will use their Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds for flood relief works. Along with this, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs of AAP are standing shoulder to shoulder with people in the flood-affected regions.
Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Sandeep Pathak visited the flood-affected areas of Ferozepur to review rescue operations and announced ₹5 crore from his MPLADS funds for flood relief. Similarly, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha visited the flood-hit areas of Gurdaspur district and declared ₹3.60 crore from his MPLADS fund for relief works.
Rajya Sabha MP Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal, who has been continuously engaged in relief operations in different parts of Kapurthala district for several days, also announced a grant of ₹50 lakh from his discretionary funds. In addition, he has released special helpline numbers to support flood victims at the personal level.
Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh allocated ₹30 lakh from his funds for mobile water tankers and fogging machines. Furthermore, he released ₹17.32 lakh for three boats for Ferozepur, two boats for Kapurthala, and one boat for Gurdaspur. He also announced four boats for Jalandhar.
Lok Sabha MP from Hoshiarpur Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal announced ₹50 lakh from his MPLADS funds. This amount will be used to strengthen embankments at different locations in the district.
Sangrur MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, who has been engaged in relief efforts in the Ajnala area of Amritsar, announced ₹25 lakh from his MPLADS funds to the Amritsar district administration. Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Ashok Kumar Mittal also contributed ₹20 lakh from his discretionary funds for Amritsar.
Anandpur Sahib MP Malvinder Singh Kang inspected the embankments of the Sutlej river at Bela Tajowal in Nawanshahr district as well as the erosion along the Patiala Ki Rao passing through Nayagaon in Mohali district. He immediately released ₹20 lakh from his MPLADS funds for the strengthening of the Sutlej embankment at Bela Tajowal.