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| Farooq Abdullah offers Rs 50 lakhs from MPLAD fund for relief in Leh | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 30: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has recommend the release of Rs 50 lakhs from his MPLAD fund for the relief work in flood hit Leh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
This is the maximum permissible amount that an MP can give from his local area development fund for relief in case of a natural disaster.
Each MP is allocated Rs 2 crore a year in his MPLAD fund which is mainly spent by the legislators for the development work in their constituency. Abdullah is MP from Srinagar and has earlier been Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
A Government statement issued here today on his behalf said that the Union Minister asked the J&K Government to keep him informed of the sanction, the progress of the work and its implementation in the flood affected areas of Leh.
The affected people in Leh and its nearby areas are struggling to begin life afresh after the deadly cloudburst of August 6 in which nearly 200 people lost their lives and many went missing. |
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