The state Cabinet yesterday decided to donate Rs 1.01 crore from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to help victims of recent flash floods in the Leh area.The Cabinet to this effect adopted a unanimous resolution and in addition, all members of the Cabinet decided to contribute Rs 11,000 each towards the fund.
The Chief Minister appealed to MLAs, government employees, industrial houses, trade and commerce organisations and people from all walks of life, to donate liberally for the noble cause.
Meanwhile, All-Spiti Gompa Association and tribals of Spiti have donated Rs 3, 31,210 for the victims. Local MLA Dr Ram Lal Markandey presented a draft to the Chief Minister here yesterday.
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Pension donated for Leh victims
Subhash Chander, a former PGI employee, has donated Rs 16,200, an amount equivalent to his one-month pension, to the Prime Minister National Relief Fund for victims of cloudburst in Leh.
Earlier, he had donated Rs 5,100 to help victims of Kosi river floods in Bihar two years ago. He has also donated Rs 6,800 to patients suffering from cancer.