Culture and Public Relations Minister laxmikant Sharma met pilgrims from various States admitted in Jolly Grant Hospital at Dehradun. Sharma enquired about their health and gave financial assistance to Sitaram Dharmchand of village Khatyakheri in Nasrullaganj tahsil of Sehore district, Savitri Devi of village Ritwad and other pilgrims from Gwalior district. At Rishikesh, the Minister met hundreds of pilgrims from Satna, Sidhi, Rewa and Katni districts who were travelling by buses and other vehicles leaving their pilgrimage of Char Dham incomplete. They were overwhelmed by the gesture of Sharma to meet and make arrangements for them in their hour of crisis. They lauded State Government’s efforts for extending assistance to pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh. It is noteworthy that Culture Minister Sharma along with a team of Madhya Pradesh’s officers and doctors is in Uttarakhand to extend assistance to affected people of Madhya Pradesh on the directives of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.