Amritsar September 11: In the meeting of the Interim Committee held today under the chairmanship of Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, it was decided to reserve Rs 20 crore as an initial amount for the relief of flood victims and major decisions were taken for the affected people in various areas. Talking to the media after the meeting, Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami said that the people have suffered a great loss due to the floods in Punjab. Due to this, while the crops of the farmers have been destroyed, the sand in the lands has also created a big problem for the farmers. The Guru Ghars of the affected villages have also been damaged.
He said that the Shiromani Committee has been continuously active in the affected areas since the days of the floods and after discussing the flood-affected areas in today's meeting, the Shiromani Committee has decided to reserve Rs 20 crore as a starting point. He said that the biggest problem for the flood-affected farmers is to level the fields and make them suitable for sowing, for which the Shiromani Committee will provide 8 lakh liters of diesel to the needy. Along with this, good quality wheat seeds will also be provided to the farmers with less than 10 acres of land.
Advocate Dhami said that assistance of Rs 50,000 each will be provided to the Gurdwara Sahibs affected by the floods. Along with this, the Shiromani Committee will provide free books to the needy children whose books have been damaged.
The SGPC President said that the SGPC has already provided medical teams to the people in the flood-affected areas, now in view of the increasing problems after the water recedes, 50 medical vans will be deployed in these areas from Sri Guru Ramdas Medical College. He also said that the SGPC will continue to provide langar and ration to the needy as before. The SGPC President demanded from the Punjab government that VAT be abolished from the diesel given to farmers, so that maximum help can be provided to the people. He appealed to the Sangat and said that the relief work being done by the SGPC is being done with the support of Guru Ki Golak and the Sangat.
Therefore, the Sangat should contribute generously to these works. Meanwhile, the organization of former employees of the SGPC handed over a cheque of Rs 1 lakh 1 thousand for the flood victims to Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President of the SGPC. The Interim Committee paid tribute to Baba Baljinder Singh Rara Sahib, who passed away recently, as well as those who lost their lives in the floods.
Apart from SGPC President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, Senior Vice President Sardar Raghujit Singh Virk, Junior Vice President Sardar Baldev Singh Kalyan, General Secretary Sardar Sher Singh Mandwala, Interim Committee Members Sardar Amrik Singh Vichhoa, Sardar Surjit Singh Tugalwal, Sardar Paramjit Singh Khalsa, Sardar Surjit Singh Garhi, Sardar Baldev Singh Qaimpur, Sardar Daljit Singh Bhinder, Sardar Sukhharpreet Singh Rode, Sardar Ravinder Singh Khalsa, Sardar Jaswant Singh Pudain, Sardar Paramjit Singh Raipur, Members Sardar Gurmeet Singh Booh, Sardar Bhagwant Singh Sialka, Sardar Avtar Singh Riya, Bibi Gurinder Kaur, Bibi Gurpreet Kaur, OSD Sardar Satbir Singh Dhami, Secretary Sardar Pratap Singh, Sardar Sukhminder Singh, Additional Secretary Sardar Gurinder Singh Mathrewal, Personal Secretary Sardar Shahbaz Singh, General Manager Sardar Bhagwant Singh Dhangera, Deputy Secretary Sardar Balwinder Singh Khairabad, Sardar Harbhajan Singh Waqta, Legal Advisor Sardar Amanbir Singh Siali etc.

*Shiromani Committee has sent more than 77 lakhs worth of essential goods for flood victims so far*
Giromani Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, while giving details of the relief work done so far, said that the Shiromani Committee has delivered more than 77 lakhs 40 thousand essential goods from various Gurdwaras to the people in the flood-affected areas. In this, while langar supplies were sent to the people on a large scale from Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib, essential goods worth 23 lakhs 85 thousand were also sent.
Similarly, Rs 3 lakh 89 thousand was provided from Sri Darbar Sahib Sri Muktsar Sahib, Rs 3 lakh 65 thousand from Gurdwara Patshahi Nauvin Baba Bakala Sahib, Rs 2 lakh 51 thousand from Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib Dera Baba Nanak, Rs 16 lakh 8 thousand from Gurdwara Gurusar Jamni Sahib Bajidpur, Rs 2 lakh 6 thousand from Gurdwara Sahib Guru Ka Bagh, Rs 12 lakh 95 thousand from Gurdwara Sri Ber Sahib Sultanpur Lodhi, Rs 2 lakh 62 thousand from Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Talwandi Sabo, Rs 9 lakh 66 thousand from Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib Patiala for various projects.
In this, while diesel was provided to strengthen the embankments, drinking water, tarpaulins, dry milk, fodder for animals and other daily necessities were provided.