Rishikesh, June 25
Punjab Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab, Navjot Kaur Sidhu today reached Rishikesh along with 6 truckloads of relief material, including medicines, eatables, blankets, clothes and other necessary items.
She also offered voluntary service for pilgrims.
Jathedars from Amritsar and Jalandhar are accompanying her. They also received stranded pilgrims being rescued in helicopters and buses in Rishikesh.
Dr Sidhu said she intended to distribute the relief material among flood victims, but was appalled at the local administration's apathy as nobody came forward to either get the material unloaded or ensuring its proper distribution to the needy.
She said they themselves unloaded the material and kept it at Paramarth Niketan Ashram where they were provided rooms for the purpose. She said the situation at the ground level was grim as the administration was nowhere in the picture while the flood victims were crying for help.
She met Parmarth Niketan chief Swami Chidanand Muni and apprised him of the Punjab Government’s help to the affected people of the state.
She also attended aarti at the Parmarth Niketan Ganga ghat and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.
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