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Jai Ram Thakur Welcomes PM to Himachal
Chief of Opposition in Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur, in a press assertion, mentioned the Prime Minister will journey to Dharamshala to evaluate the scenario.
“On behalf of the folks of Himachal Pradesh, we lengthen a heat welcome to PM Modi. I’ll apprise him of the devastation brought about in several areas on account of incessant rains and landslides,” mentioned Thakur, as quoted by information company PTI.
Thakur additionally criticised the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led state authorities, accusing it of withdrawing key advantages from staff, together with dearness allowance, medical reimbursements, increased grade pay, and the proper to regularisation after two years. He additional alleged that contractual employees have been decreased to job trainees and greater than 2,000 establishments, together with universities, faculties, hospitals and administrative places of work, have been shut down up to now two-and-a-half years.
“As an alternative of strengthening amenities within the state, the state authorities is weakening them. CM’s so-called ‘Vyavastha Parivartan’ has was a authorities of grief and decline,” he added.
Earlier, Thakur visited Bagra Thach and Bahel Sainj villages in Seraj constituency, the place he interacted with households affected by landslides. He famous that almost 50 homes have been impacted, with at the least 12 fully destroyed, forcing residents to take shelter in a college. Aid materials was distributed, and he urged the state authorities to expedite rehabilitation and monetary support whereas cautioning folks to stay alert amid ongoing heavy rainfall.
Sunil Jakhar Confirms Punjab Go to
In neighbouring Punjab, BJP state unit president Sunil Jakhar confirmed that Modi will even be visiting the flood-ravaged areas on September 9.
“He (Modi) is visiting Punjab on September 9 to personally assess the native situations and perceive the bottom realities to offer most help to the folks of Punjab,” Jakhar wrote in a publish on X, including that the Prime Minister is “deeply involved” concerning the disaster and is monitoring it carefully.
Jakhar mentioned the Centre stands firmly with the folks of Punjab. Two central groups that assessed flood injury are getting ready to submit their experiences to the Union authorities.
Centre’s Earlier Visits to Punjab
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had earlier toured Punjab on September 4, describing the disaster as a “deluge” and assuring farmers that each attainable effort can be made to help them. Throughout his go to to Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Kapurthala districts, he inspected the extent of crop losses.
Punjab is going through one in all its worst flood conditions in a long time, with swollen rivers Sutlej, Beas and Ravi, together with seasonal rivulets, inundating massive components of the state after heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Steady downpours inside Punjab have worsened the flooding.
Officers have reported that the floods have to date claimed 46 lives within the state, whereas standing crops on about 1.75 lakh hectares have been broken.
