Manipur flood: Raj Bhavan staff led by gov. to donate a day’s salary

Our Correspondent

Imphal, June 18 (EMN): Governor of Manipur Dr. Najma Heptulla has once again appealed to the people of Manipur and beyond to donate generously if they want to share the sufferings of the flood-affected people in the region.

Governor Dr. Heptulla made the appeal while receiving donations from various private sector organisations and private individuals at Raj Bhavan in Imphal on Monday.

The governor led by all the staffs of Raj Bhavan in Imphal has announced to donate one day’s salary for flood victims in the state.

After Dr. Heptulla initiated the governor’s relief fund for flood victims on Friday, some of the private establishments and individuals have started to donate at their own levels.

On Monday, the Imphal Finance Cooperative Thrift and Credit Society staffs headed by its Managing Director W Guneshwar Singh and dean of Central Agriculture University (CAU), Professor Joykumar Laishram, together donated INR 81, 000 as flood relief fund at Raj Bhavan.

While citing that the donation may not compensate much as compared to the damage caused by the flood, the governor said, “our small gestures show that we care for the people who are suffering and that we are with them at this moment of disaster and suffering.”

Dr. Heptulla said that the state administration including the chief minister and his cabinet are physically involved in rehabilitating the flood victims by setting relief camps and distributing essential commodities like food and medicines.

The ongoing devastating flood in Manipur has affected about 1.92 lakh population settling across 360 villages under eight out of state’s 16 districts claiming seven lives besides damaging 24,849 houses.

Reacting to a query on the ongoing crisis at Manipur University, she expressed her desire to resolve the crisis in the university over the demand of replacing the present Vice Chancellor Prof. Adya Prasad Pandey, in public interest.