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Dal Khalsa seeks aid for flood-hit Punjab 
WSN Bureau

AMRITSAR: Urging the Punjab government to take flood-control measures immediately, the Dal Khalsa expressed its grief on the loss of 12 lives and 25,000 acres of standing crop due to flash floods.

 In a statement, party general secretary Kanwarpal Singh said the threat posed by the BBMB was a serious one as it reminds us of the times of the late eighties when hundreds of Punjabis lost their lives and their properties were destroyed because the BBMB authorities released the water without any warning and in haste. 

He said it was a grim situation warranting immediate attention of the government and the NGOs. He urged Indian and international aid agencies to come to Punjab for relief and succour. 

 Since the waters were coming from Himachal Pardesh, it was the primary responsibility of the Central government to immediately send the aid team to assist and support the Punjab government in managing the crisis.

20 August, 2008
 

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