Quake relief: Ministers, Legislators offer one month's salary

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, FEB. 1. All Ministers and MPs/ MLAs belonging to the Telugu Desam have announced one month's salary for the relief effort in the quake- hit Gujarat. In addition, MPs have sanctioned Rs. 10 lakhs each from the MPLADS funds.

In a similar gesture, all Government employees have agreed to donate one day's earning for the cause, apart from offering to go and help in the relief operations by the Gujarat Government. Announcing this at a news conference here on Thursday, the Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, appealed to MPs, MLAs of other political parties and people in general to contribute their mite liberally for the quake victims. Contributions should be only in cheque or draft in favour of `Chief Minister's relief fund - Gujarat.' He was advising Telugu Desam Party functionaries not to collect cash or kind, but only to motivate and facilitate contributions. He thanked elected representatives, Government employees and others for their gesture.

Mr. Naidu said the State Government released Rs. 5 crores immediately even as the Commissioner for Relief, Mr. D. C. Rosaiah, and the Additional DGP, Mr. M. L. Kumawath, flew to Ahmedabad with doctors and relief supplies worth Rs. 67 lakhs. The AP team was the first to reach the calamity-stricken State and help in establishing communication link between Ahmedabad and Bhuj and with other parts of Gujarat and India.

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