1600 policemen including 86 officers are contributing their one day salary amount voluntarily for Bihar flood relief.

Police Sub Inspector to District Superintendent of Police level cops have contributed their one day salary while Constables and Assistant Sub Inspector level policemen have contributed Rs. 50 each for Bihar flood relief.

Total amount of Rs. 1,50,000 is collected from this contribution exercise. 1500 Kutchi bed-sheets costing Rs. 50,000 are bought, while from another Rs. 1 lakh, towels and handkerchiefs etc. are to be bought by district collectorate using this amount. On 14th of this month all relief material will be dispatched to Ahmedabad via railway. On 16th of this month, Chief Minister Narendra Modi will flag off a train full of relief material from Ahmedabad railway station for Bihar according to sources.

It should be noted that Morari Bapu recently had appealed to collect relief fund for Bihar flood victims in his Ram katha at Naliya in Kutch. Amount of around 6.5 lakh was collected from venue of Ram katha itself after his appeal.

Gujarat government had declared Rs. 5 crore assistance for Bihar flood relied earlier. Gujarat had also sent doctors, brothers, fire brigade and rescue teams earlier for Bihar relief.

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