SGPC steps up efforts to provide succour to flood-affected J-K

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has stepped up efforts to provide succour to flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir and so far over 120 quintals of food material have been airlifted while a relief camp has been set up in Srinagar.
"Till yesterday, 120 quintals of foodgrains had been airlifted to Kashmir from Amritsar. Relief camps have been set up at three places in Kashmir including at Gurudwara Shri Chatti Patshahi, Srinagar," SGPC General Secretary Sukhdev Singh Bhaur said today.
He said that many of these people being rescued by the Army and other agencies are being brought to the relief camps being run by the SGPC, the apex religious body of the Sikhs.

The SGPC had also sent its two teams to Jammu and Kashmir for launching further relief operations.
"We are distributing food through Langars (community kitchens) to the affected people of valley, who are suffering from worst natural disaster. We have despatched food material including rice, cooking oil, cereals, sugar, ghee, salt, tea and other essential items," he said, adding blankets had also been sent.
The relief material would be sent on daily basis till normalcy is restored in the valley, he said.

There are 18 Gurudwaras in Srinagar, out of which 16 had been badly affected by the floods. Holy scriptures had been moved to upper floors in those Gurudwaras.

Bhaur said, "For us, it is the question of humanity as a whole. We are extending help to everyone, be it Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus or anyone else. The tragedy has shaken entire humanity."
The SGPC on Tuesday had sent its first instalment of the flood-relief material by air to Srinagar.