Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on THursday flagged off the first consignment of relief material for the earthquake victims of Nepal from the Chandigarh airport.
Accompanied by senior officers of the State Government, Badal flagged off a special aircraft Il-76 of the Indian Air Force with relief material including 65 quintal of rice, 20 quintal pulses, 40 quintal refined oil, 15 quintal onion, two quintal ginger, six quintal salt, 75 kg each of turmeric, garam masala and chilli powder, three quintal of jeera, 15 quintal of sugar, 1.5 quintal of tea and 50 quintal of milk powder. likewise, the plane also carried 1000 blankets, 5000 shawls, 200 plastic covers and 500 kg of milk for children for the earthquake affected Nepal.
Badal reiterated commitment of the State Government to help the earthquake affected people of Nepal. He said the relief material has been send by the State Government as per the directions of the Government of India who had talked to their Nepalese counterpart to ascertain their requirement of relief material for the earthquake victims in this hour of crisis.
The Chief Minister said the state government would further dispatch consignments of relief material, as and when required by Nepal. He appreciated the superb work done in performing langar sewa by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee besides other religious and social organisations.
A team of officers comprising Dilraj Singh IAS, Deputy Inspector General of Police Naunihal Singh and Secretary SGPC Dalmegh Singh besides few heads of religious organisations also left for Kathmandu to hand over the relief material.