Amritsar, Sept. 12 -- The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Thursday decided to allocate Rs.20 crore as initial relief for flood victims, besides providing 8 lakh litres of diesel to the needy farmers to make their land cultivable again and distributing seeds to farmers owning less than 10 acres of land. The decisions were taken during an executive committee meeting chaired by president Harjinder Singh Dhami.

"While crops have been destroyed, the sand deposited on farmlands has created further difficulties for farmers. Several village gurdwaras have also suffered damages. The SGPC has been actively engaged in flood relief work since the first day," he said.

Dhami said that each flood-affected gurdwara Sahib will be provi...