The activists of the BJP’s Haldwani unit led by senior party leader and MP, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, here on Tuesday, paid tributes to the people who lost their lives on the Chardham Yatra and other parts of the State due to natural disaster on June 16 and 17.
It is a huge loss of life and properties and we are all sad with the catastrophe that Uttarakhand had to face this year. But this is high time we must take pledge to lend a helping hand to the victims of this tragedy, said Koshyari, calling upon the party activists to help the victims rebuild their life. This is need of the hour to expedite relief operations in disaster affected areas so that the victims of the natural disaster could be able to meet their at least basic needs at this hour of crisis, he added.
The fact is that now it is the duty of every individual to assist the affected people. More importantly, we must also see how to take care of children who have lost their parents in this incident, he further said.
Among others BJP’s Haldwani unit president Deepak Mehra, Mayor of Haldwani municipal corporation Jogendra Rautela, former state BJP president, Puran Chand Sharma and senior BJP leader Renu Adhikari were also present on this occasion.