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August 3, 2015

TMC ministers, elected representatives carry out flood relief operations in districts

TMC ministers, elected representatives carry out flood relief operations in districts

As per the orders of West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee, the ministers of the West Bengal Cabinet are present at the flood affected zones in different part of south Bengal, taking stock of the flood situation and distributing relief materials.

State youth affairs and housing minister Aroop Biswas, Manturam Pakhira, minister of state in charge of Sunderbans development and Giyasuddin Mollah, minister of state for minorities affairs & madrasah education, visited different parts of the flood affected zones of South 24 Parganas and distributed relief materials.

West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay and locals MLAs were also present with the team of ministers.

The State housing minister said that the team had visited 60 to 65 relief camps out of the 183, opened by the State Government. They had taken stock of the situation and the supply of relief materials, he said.

On Tuesday, the team of ministers will visit places like Kawkdweep and Namkhana in Diamond Harbour area.

At other areas in south Bengal, Trinamool MPs and MLAs are also monitoring the relief works in their respective constituencies along with other elected representatives of the areas. MPs, Suvendu Adhikari in Tamluk took active  support in rescue and relief.