Punjab and Haryana Governments on Tuesday offered all necessary assistance to mitigate sufferings of the flood-affected people in Jammu & Kashmir.
Expressing solidarity with residents of the state, facing the worst floods in decades, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said that he would soon talk to his J&K counterpart Omar Abdullah to extend all possible assistance in this hour of crisis.
Badal said that he has even asked the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and other religious and voluntary organisations to come forward for organising free community kitchens (langars) in the Valley to provide food and succor to the distressed families.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function at Chhapaar in ludhiana, Badal also offered help to the J&K Government for carrying out evacuation of the families stranded in deep waters and their subsequent rehabilitation.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda also expressed his concern over the massive loss of life and property caused by the incessant rains in J&K and has announced to send 50,000 blankets as a relief supply to the affected people.
The Chief Minister also assured help of any kind required for the relief operation and said that the Government and the people of Haryana were with the affected people of the J & K in this hour of crisis.