Chandigarh, Sep 10 || A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a relief package of Rs 1,600 crore after reviewing relief operations in flood-hit Punjab, Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday said the Central government, in collaboration with the state, would leave no stone unturned in alleviating the hardships of the affected people.
"The Prime Minister assured me that he would provide maximum help to Punjab," the Governor said.
After an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in the morning, the Governor told the media that the water level had started to recede, but the damage to houses and crops was enormous.
After meeting ailing Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in a private hospital in Mohali, near here, the Governor said while returning from Pathankot to Chandigarh, he conducted an aerial survey of flood-affected areas.
"Although the water level has started to recede, the damage to houses and crops is extremely extensive. The central government, in collaboration with the state government, will leave no stone unturned in alleviating the hardships of the affected people," he said.