Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 31: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu & Kashmir and Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCI) has dispatched relief material containing essential commodities as humanitarian aid for Kishtwar cloudburst victims.
J&K BJP president, Ravinder Raina and J&K Seh-Prabhari, Ashish Sood flagged off the truck containing the relief material.
Ravinder Raina while speaking on the occasion expressed solidarity with all those who have suffered loss of near and dear ones as well as their homes and property in the recent cloudburst in Kishtwar. He said that BJP stands with the distressed families in this difficult hour and party cadre is working non-stop in the affected area minutely observing the gravity of the ground situation and taking appropriate measures.
He said that many innocent lives have been lost and many are missing.
He said that BJP general secretary, Sunil Sharma is himself continuously engaged in between the people to have first-hand knowledge of the needs of affected people.
BJP J&K has also collected and contributed essential commodities like ration items like flour, rice, sugar, oil, besides blankets, medicines and other daily use items like toothbrush, toothpaste, soaps, detergents and other eatables for the affected people with the help of party cadre and civil society members, Raina said and added that BJP workers take it as their duty to help every person in distress in our vicinity as first humanitarian task.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Jammu today dispatched relief material for the cloudburst-affected people of Kishtwar’s Dacchan area.
Under Chamber’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, adequate quantity of relief material was flagged of by Mayor Jammu, Chander Mohan Gupta in presence of CCI president, Arun Gupta and other office bearers.
Speaking on the occasion, Mayor applauded the philanthropic gesture of the apex body of traders in Jammu in providing succour to the natural disaster victims which have become homeless overnight due to vagaries of weather.
The Mayor appealed to other organizations including NGOs to come forward in this time of crisis to extend a helping hand to the victims of calamity as the area is situated in remote belt of Kishtwar which is lacking basic facilities including road connectivity. He said that the endeavour of CCI Jammu will surely inspire others to come forward and share the pain of affected people in whatever way they can.
The CCI president, Arun Gupta said that the essence behind this initiative is to provide sense of security to the affected people and tell them that entire UT is standing with them at this hour of agony. He also said that people, cutting across community lines should offer help in such situation to the affected lot as they have lost everything they possessed. He however assured that CCI will continue with such endeavours in future also.
Meanwhile, the Jammu Chamber has also provided relief material to the Shelter Home, Kalka Bhau Fort as the same affected due to incessant rains and consequent inundation.
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