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Declare flash floods natural calamity: Kalia
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 19
BJP national executive member and former Punjab minister Manoranjan Kalia today demanded from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that flash floods that have engulfed Uttarakhand be declared natural calamity.

Kalia said the Union Government should provide additional funds to deal with the situation and announce a grant of Rs 5 lakh for the kin of the victims.

He said the relief work should be sped up and necessary medicines and team of specialised doctors be rushed to Uttarakhand.


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