Rs. 7.54 crore donated in Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for Banaskantha flood victims

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Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on his 61st birth-day accepted donation cheques worth of Rs. 7.54-crore towards Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) for carrying out the relief works for flood affected people of Banaskantha district, today in Dhanera.

The donation cheques were handed-over to the CM by NGOs, individuals and others.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rupani said, “In this difficult time we must rehabilitate the flood affected people of Banaskantha, in particular the worst hit Dhanera. Therefore, Dhanera should be rebuilt with superior facilities to make it better compared to past. The timely precautionary measures and large scale relief and rescue works by the state government had prevented lost of many lives. We have enough quotas of food-packets, clothes, blankets, medicines and other essential items for the flood victims.”

The CREDAI Gujarat had handed-over donation cheque of Rs. 2.5-crore to the CM and accepted the responsibility to rehabilitate the flood victims. Others who contributed to the CMRF included Karmayogis of Gujarat University with Rs. 61-lakh, Karmayogis of Surat Municipal Corporation Rs. 61-lakh, Surat District Administratin Rs. 61-lakh, Samast Surat Jain Sangh and APMC, Unjha Rs. 61-lakh each.

Earlier, the Chief Minister had made symbolic distribution of note-books and books and aid-kits to 1,000 school children. He also mentioned about the mammoth task undertaken to make Dhanera a neat and clean town within three-days.

Rupani also stated that the government will chalked out a plan in tandem with the experts before the next monsoon season to ensure that Dhanera don’t meet the same fate in future in case of release of waters in the river.

Others who attended the function included animal husbandry minister Shri Babubhai Bokhariya, health minister Shri Shankarbhai Chaudhary, minister Shri Vallabhbhai Kakadia, youth leaders Shri Pradipsinh Jadeja, MLA Shri Harsh Sanghvi and large number of youths.

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