IEP Chandigarh, August 8
Punjab Mandi Board Chairman Mr. Harchand Singh Barsat on Tuesday contributed his one-month salary to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for flood relief and rehabilitation works. All the employees of Punjab Mandi Board and Market Committees also joined the Chairman and donated Rs 47.25 lakhs towards CM’s Relief Fund. Punjab Mandi Board Chairman Mr. Harchand Singh Barsat handed over a cheque of Rs 47.25 lakhs to Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann. He expressed gratitude to these employees for coming forward to lend helping hand to the state government in this natural calamity. He said that Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government has been carrying out relief and rehabilitation works in flood affected areas. The whole state government machinery has been working round-the-clock for providing relief and facilitating rehabilitation of those affected by floods.