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U'khand Guv to donate one month's salary for flood-hit people

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Press Trust of India Nainital
Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi will donate his one month's salary for the flood-hit people of the state.

Besides this, he will also give 10 per cent of his salary every month for relief work till normalcy is restored in the rain-ravaged state, an offical spokesman said.

Rajya Sabha BJP MP and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shanta Kumar has also given Rs 25 lakh from his Member of Parliament Local Area Development fund for the victims of Uttarakhand floods.

Kumar told PTI he had also donated Rs one lakh personally to the Prime Minister's Relief fund for the victims.

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First Published: Jun 22 2013 | 6:30 PM IST

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