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Srinagar, September 29, (Scoop News)- Congress President, Sonia Gandhi and Vice President, Rahul Gandhi today visited flood hit area of South and Central Kashmir and assured the people of their help to mitigate their problems.
The Congress Vice president promised full support to the flood-ravaged people of the State. “Congress party is with you. We will take up your issues with the Government and help you in whichever way we can,” Rahul told a gathering of flood affected at Dehruna village, 62 kilometers from Srinagar.
Rahul said the party shares the grief of the people and has been helping them since the floods hit the State.”Our organisation, including Congress party, Sonia and Rahul were accompanied by senior party leaders including former Chief Minister and sitting MP, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and local MLA and Tourism Minister, G A Mir, visited a rehabilitation camp at the village and distributed relief material among the flood victims of the area.
The Congress leaders visited all tents while distributing relief materials including ration-kits, cloth and Kashmiri gowns (Pheran).
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, briefed the two visiting Congress leaders about the devastation caused by the floods and steps taken by the State Government to provide relief to the victims during a meeting at Nehru Guest House.
The meeting besides Chief Minister was attended by Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, Rural Development Minister, Ali Mohammad Sagar, CAPD Minister, Choudhry Mohammad Ramzan, the Congress Ministers, Ghulam Nabi Azad Saif-ud-Din Soz, Ambika Soni.
The Principal Secretary Finance, B B Vyas, other officials and Revenue Secretary Vinod Kaul briefed Sonia and Rahul about the damages caused by the floods and relief and rescue carried out by the State Government.
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