With over 20,000 feared Dead and over 1 Lakh people estimated trapped at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, relief supply has started pouring in from different corners of Country.
Yoga Ace Baba Ramdev has sent a 5 Trucks of Relief Materials along with 60,000 packets of Biscuits, 12000 Bottles of pack water, 2 Trucks of Glucose and various other medicines. Bharat Swabhimaan Trust chaired by Baba Ramdev has also sent 100 Rescue workers from Maharashtra who are trained in Swimming, Mountain Climbing and rescue operations.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced a Relief Package of Rs 5 Crores to Uttarakhand Government.
Jammu and Kashmir government has announced a donation of Rs 1 crore to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for the flood affected people of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
Gujarat has announced a Relief Package of Rs 2 Crores for the Uttarakhand Disaster. Gujarat CM Narendra Modi will leave for Uttarakhand later today, his office tweeted.
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today announced a separate Rs 340 crore special package for Uttarakhand for constructing village roads in the flood-ravaged hill state.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced a Rs 1,000 crore special flood relief package to the state.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik too sent in Rs 5 crore as assistance for the flood affected Uttarakhand.
The Chhattisgarh government has announced assistance of Rs.5 crore to Uttarakhand.
Madhya Pradesh Government has announced a Rs 5 crore relief fund for Uttarakhand. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan came to Dehradun, took stock of tourists from MP.
The Maharashtra government has decided to provide Rs 10 crore as relief fund to the Uttarakhand state government. Maharashtra will also send a special plane to bring back stranded pilgrims from Uttarakhand.
Haryana government has announced Rs 10 crore for relief work in Uttarakhand hit by heavy rains and landslides. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda talked to his Uttarakhand counterpart Vijay Bahuguna and said that the relief amount would be given to the state tomorrow, an official spokesman said.
Indian railways had decided that they would carry all stranded passengers free of cost to their destinations.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will flag off relief material from AICC headquarters n Monday while two senior leaders will be sent to oversee relief work in Dehradun tomorrow.
Having several brushes with death, survivors of the Himalayan Tsunami which left a trail of destruction in Uttarakhand were all praise for Army, which they said has given them a second life.