Members of the Uttar Pradesh IAS Association have donated a day’s salary to the Chief Minister’s relief fund to provide help to the farmers who lost their crop in unseasonal rains early this year.
Secretary of UP IAS Association Bhuvnesh Kumar said in a statement issued here on Thursday that members donated Rs 6.85 lakh for the relief fund.
“After farmers’ crop was destroyed in unseasonal rains that lashed UP in March and April an appeal was issued by the association asking its members to donate one day’s salary. The total collection was Rs 6,85,639,” Kumar said.
He said 140 IAS officers had sent their contribution through association while the rest had deposited their contribution directly to the relief fund.