- Sh Gupta announced to give Rs 41 lakh from his discretionary fund for the rehabilitation of the market
- An effective strategy will be made to prevent such incidents in future- Gupta
Koral ‘Purnoor’, demokretic front, Panchkula, September 8 :
Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Gian Chand Gupta today took stock of the damage caused by the arson incident in Rehri Market, Sector-9. He also interacted with the shopkeepers and announced to give Rs 41 lakh from his discretionary fund for the rehabilitation of the Market.
While describing the incident as unfortunate, Sh Gupta said that he himself and the State government is with the aggrieved shopkeepers in this hour of need and all possible help would be given to compensate their loss due to fire .
Gupta regretted that being aborad at the time of incident, he could not remain in between the shopkeepers. He said that it is his endeavor to ensure that shopkeepers resume their work at the earliest so that they can earn their livelihood. Sh Gupta thanked Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal for announcing an immediate financial assistance of Rs. 25 thousand each to the victims. He also expressed his gratitude to the residents of Panchkula who have also come forward to wholeheartedly help the victims.
Gupta said that he would soon hold a joint meeting with senior officers of the district administration and municipal corporation and office bearers of the Sector-9 market association to help the aggrieved shopkeepers and also to chalk out an effective strategy to prevent the reoccurrence of such incidents. He said that there are four other rehri markets in Panchkula besides this rehri market.
He said that arrangement of all necessary fire equipments have been made in Panchkula to deal with any untoward incident. Approval has also been given to open new fire substations at Barwala, Pinjore, MDC and Sector-20 so that immediate assistance can be provided in the shortest possible time. Apart from this, arrangement of a hydraulic ladder has been made to deal with the incident of fire in multi-storey buildings.
Mayor Municipal Corporation Kulbhushan Goyal, BJP District President Ajay Sharma, former District President Deepak Sharma, Honorary General Secretary of Haryana Child Welfare Council Ranjita Mehta, District Vice President Umesh Sood, Councilor Sonia Sood and Narendra Lubana, Shri Mata Mansa Devi Mandal Mahamantri Pramod Vats, DP Soni, DP Singhal and office bearers of Sector-9 Market Committee and shopkeepers were also present on this occasion.
