DAV donates Rs 5 cr to relief fund

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 4

The DAV College Managing Committee donated Rs 5 crore to the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES Fund).

“This includes one-day salary of our staff. A photocopy of the confirmation received from the bank is enclosed,” said Punam Suri, president of the committee.

She said, “Our institutions in some states have provided their premises for making arrangements for self-quarantine of people who have migrated from cities to their native places.”

DAV was extending all possible help to the local administrations by providing food, water etc, she added.

Credai-Punjab donates Rs1 crore

The Punjab chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) has contributed more than Rs 1 crore to supply food packets/groceries to help those hit by lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic. CREDAI, Punjab, is holding regular video-conferencing with its executive and members to monitor and support the needy. It is also helping in the sanitisation drive, said president of the state chapter, Jagjit Singh Majha.