7 Karnal village panchayats donate Rs3 crore to fight Covid

Karnal, April 22

As many as seven gram panchayats of the district have joined hands with the state government to fight Covid pandemic and contributed a sum of Rs3.09 crore to the CM relief fund. They handed over a cheque to Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav.

The DC said out of these seven panchayats, five were from Assandh block and one each from Nissing and Gharaunda blocks. The panchayat of Thal village led by sarpanch Gurjant Singh contributed Rs 1crore, Moond village sarpanch Veena Devi also contributed Rs 1 crore, he said, adding that Bilona panchayat sarpanch Balwinder Singh gave a cheque of Rs 5,21,000, Mamta Devi, sarpanch of Ganatehri village, gave a cheque of Rs 21 lakh, sarpanch of Bahri village gave a cheque of Rs 21lakh.

Pingli panchayat led by sarpanch Sohan Lal gave Rs 11 lakh from panchayat funds and Rs 21,000 as personal contribution. Bastara village sarpanch Mewa Singh gave a cheque of Rs 51 lakh. —TNS