Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 7: In order to pay homage to the flood victims of 2014 a function was organised at Tawi Bridge near Maharaja Hari Singh statue , here today.
Sahyog Bharati organised the event and candles were lit in the memory of the flood affected.
Senior BJP leader Yudhvir Sethi participated in the homage function which was arranged by Chairman, Sahyog Bharati Parneesh Mahajan. A large number of city residents turned up to pay homage to the victims of September 2014 floods.
Remembering those who had suffered massive loss of life and property in the natural catastrophe, Yudhvir Sethi said that all across the State huge damage to life and property was done by the floods and the Jammu region suffered an unprecedented loss.
“People suffered an un-reparable loss due to the nature’s fury but generous support of union Government and timely action of army, paramilitary, disaster management personnel, local administration and the people provided much needed succour to the flood affected,” he added.
He said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself flew to assess the situation and the Central Government went all out to provide required support for rescue, relief and rehabilitation of the flood victims.
He said need of the hour is to reach out to those who were affected and the Government is continuing with the efforts to extend all needed support to the flood victims.
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