To effectively combat any eventuality arising out of the floods in the current monsoon season, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday asked the Relief and Rehabilitation Department to place adequate funds at the disposal of Deputy Commissioners.
Prakash Badal, presiding over a meeting with the deputy commissioners of flood prone districts of Ropar, Nawanshahr, Ferozepur, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Moga and Kapurthala, reviewed the progress of flood protection works in these districts at his official residence on Tuesday evening.
He asked the Financial Commissioner Revenue to immediately sanction Rs 10 lakh in addition to the already released Rs 10 lakh for strengthening the flood protection works at vulnerable sites in consultation with Chief Engineer Drainage.