Cabinet meeting today, CM Mann to join from hospital
Chandigarh, Sept. 8 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, who is currently recuperating at a private hospital in Mohali, has convened a meeting of the state cabinet on Monday to review the flood situation, relief measures and rescue operations.
The cabinet meeting will be held at the CM's residence at 12 noon, with Mann joining it from the hospital bed through video conferencing, according to official sources.
The CM was admitted to the hospital on Friday evening due to exhaustion, and a low heart rate. An urgent policy on allowing farmers to excavate and sell the flood-deposited sand from their fields is likely to be discussed at the meeting. Earlier, a cabinet meeting scheduled for Friday evening was cancelled by Mann, as he felt unwell.
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann held a meeting with top officials to monitor the state's massive relief and rescue operations from his hospital bed on Sunday.
While recovering at Fortis Hospital, the CM convened a meeting with the chief secretary KAP Sinha, director general of police Gaurav Yadav and other senior officers.
The CM has directed the chief secretary that not even a single citizen, affected by the natural fury, be left behind, besides ensuring food, drinking water and medical aid to them, especially those isolated and cut off from the mainland.
Following the meeting, the chief secretary shared that the CM is recovering fast and is expected to be discharged in a day or two.
During the meeting, the CM was apprised that as of Sunday more than 3,87,898 people have been displaced and more the n 20 lakh people have been affected due to floods. At least 2,050 villages across all the 23 districts have been hit by floods.
The government has so far evacuated 22,938 people from the worst-affected areas. In addition, the state government has set up 219 relief camps where 5,404 people have been accommodated. Crop over 1.76 lakh hectares has been affected so far....
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