Chandigarh, Sept. 2 -- The Haryana Government has extended solidarity and financial support to flood-affected Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, releasing Rs 5 crore each from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.

The assistance is aimed at providing immediate relief to affected families and strengthening ongoing rescue and rehabilitation efforts in the two states.

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, in letters addressed to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, conveyed that the Government of Haryana and the people of the state stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the citizens of the neighbouring states during this natural calamity.

He noted that "incessant rains and the resulting floods have cau...