Floods in Punjab have damaged health infrastructure worth Rs 780 crore according to initial estimates, state Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh said on Monday
Floods in Punjab have damaged health infrastructure worth Rs 780 crore according to initial estimates, state Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh said on Monday while asking the Central government to announce a relief package.
The floods, he added, caused extensive damage to crops, houses and other infrastructure.
“Our machinery and medicines worth Rs 130 crore have been damaged. Severe damage has been caused to our 1,280 dispensaries and health and wellness centres. A total of 101 community health centres have been damaged,” the Minister told reporters
As per initial estimates, hospital infrastructure and medical items worth Rs 780 crore have been damaged,” he added.
Besides, 31 sub-divisional hospitals have also been impacted, he added.
The Health Department, with the assistance of several NGOs, is providing medical aid in flood-hit villages in the state, Singh said.
He has written to Health Minister J P Nadda detailing the damage to the health infrastructure.
The state’s Health Minister then laid focus on Punjab’s President Aman Arora’s appeal to Prime Minister Modi. As the PM is to make a visit to flood hit Gurdaspur tomorrow, Punjab’s Ministers are hoping for the relief package announcement.
Aman Arora has extended an urge for the relief package of at least Rs 20,000 crore for the flood-ravaged state. Adding to it, he even reiterated the state government’s demand to release Rs 60,000 crore in pending dues.
He with a strong voice stated that If the Central Government can send relief to Taliban in Afghanistan then why not in its own Punjab. Not just this, he even is criticising the Union Minister who recently had the visit to Punjab.
Continuing with the criticism, he slammed Inter state BJP teams, mentioned that they have been assessing the conditions first handedly, and were making lame statements against AAP (Aam Aadmi Party). But they could not state the situation of Punjab to the central.
