As per the State Cabinet decision, the Government has sent nearly 26,500 quintals of ‘A-grade’ rice worth Rs 7 crore to Jammu-Kashmir for flood-affected people, officials said.
Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Punnulal Mohle flagged of the train carrying the consignment of rice on Wednesday at Store depot of the Railways at Kapa area of Raipur.
On the occasion, Mohle said that Chhattisgarh Government empathises with the flood victims of Jammu-Kashmir. The decision to send rice for flood victims was taken in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh at the Mantralaya. As per the directives of the Chief Minister, 53,400 sacks of rice, weighing around 26,500 quintal, have been sent to Jammu and Kashmir.