Officers and employees of Madhya Pradesh will donate their one-day salary for assistance to Uttarakhand calamity-affected people.
The total sum of money amounts to about Rs 60 crore. Besides, Chairpersons of three corporations will donate their one-month salary. These are Madhya Pradesh Gau Sanrakshan Board Chairman Shiv Chaubey, Text-Books Corporation Chairman Rai Singh Sendhav and Chairman of State Employees Welfare Committee Basant Purohit. This was decided at a meeting of state officers and employees’ associations chaired by Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Manoj Shrivastava at Mantralaya conference hall here on Wednesday.
Shiv Chaubey informed about the efforts made by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for assistance to calamity-affected people. He said that in the time of such a massive tragedy, it is the duty of all to come forward to extend all possible assistance to the affected. Informing about decision of the Chief Minister to implement liberal provisions regarding appointment on compassionate ground and other employee-friendly decisions taken by the State cabinet, Shrivastava suggested constitution of a separate Employees Welfare Fund at officer-employee level so that more assistance can be provided in time of crisis.
General Secretary of State Officers Association BR Vishwakarma, office-bearers of Gazetted Officers Union, President of Mantralaya Employees Federation Sudhir Nayak, President of Madhya Pradesh Engineers Service Association RP Thakur and office-bearers of a number of other associations were present on the occasion. Two-minute silence was also observed to pay tributes to victims of Uttarakhand disaster.