BJP MlAs on Tuesday announced to contribute funds for victims of the monsoon fury in Uttarakhand.
All the MlAs will donate their one month’s salary and `10 lakh from their local area development fund for Uttarakhand flood victims and development of roads and other basic infrastructure of the State. “The BJP legislature Party has decided that all MlAs would donate one month’s basic pay to the Uttarakhand Disaster Management Fund and also every BJP MlA would provide `10 lakh from their MlAlAD Fund. This initiative is taken in order to help the construction of roads and other basic infrastructure at the earliest in the State,” stated Vijay Kumar Malhotra, leader of the Opposition in Delhi Assembly.
Also, the Municipal Employees of North and East Delhi Municipal Corporations would be donating one day’s salary from the month of June in ‘Prime Minister’s Relief Fund’ for Uttrakhand Natural Calamity. The Delhi University has also initiated efforts to collect funds for the victims. Expressing anguish and grief over the heavy loss of human life and property due to heavy rains and flash floods in Uttarakhund, Alka Sharma, the registrar of the University, announced that the university has appealed to both the teaching and non-teaching staff to contribute one day’s salary in the Vice Chancellor's relief fund.
“It is a gesture of support and moral responsibility towards the affected people. The collected funds will be sent to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund,” Sharma said.