The Rajya Sabha chairman and the Lok Sabha speaker today jointly appealed to parliamentarians to contribute “generously” from their MPLADS funds for relief and rehabilitation works in flood-ravaged Kerala.
Both the Presiding Officers of Parliament took the lead by announcing their decision to donate their one month salary for relief works in Kerala.
Naidu and Mahajan met this evening at the official residence of Vice President of India and discussed the scale of damage in Kerala before issuing the joint appeal. The appeal to MPs, read out to the media by Naidu said.
“Hon’ble Members are aware that there has been large scale devastation in various parts of Kerala due to floods in the State in which many people have lost their lives and thousands are left stranded besides heavy damage to property. Keeping in view the intensity and magnitude of the floods in Kerala, the Government of India has declared this a calamity of a ‘severe nature’.
We have decided to donate our one month’s salary towards Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for this noble and humanitarian cause. We also appeal to all the Members of Parliament to consider donating their one month’s salary for the purpose”.
