Malout bizman offers subsidised water packs to aid flood victims

Even as reports of black marketing of essential items emerge from some flood-affected districts, a businessman from Malout town has come forward to provide relief in his own way.

He has announced the subsidised supply of mineral water bottles for those willing to extend a helping hand to the victims.

Rajinder Papneja, an active member of the Bharat Vikas Parishad, said he felt it was his moral duty to contribute when people were reeling under the crises of floods and scarcity of essentials.

“It is our duty to support people in distress. Those who want to donate water bottles to the flood-affected can buy them at just Rs 99 for a pack of 12 bottles of one litre each, in any quantity,” he said.

Papneja added that some philanthropists and social workers from Muktsar and Bathinda districts had already purchased these bottles and sent them for distribution among the affected families.

Notably, a Gidderbaha-based private hospital has offered free treatment to flood-affected people. Similarly, another hospital in Gidderbaha announced a 15-day free medical camp in flood-hit Fazilka district.