Secondary Teachers Association donates in CM's relief fund

Patna, Aug 17 (UNI) Bihar Secondary Teachers Association(BSTA) today donated Rs one lakh in the Chief Minister's relief fund and announced that the secondary teachers would donate their one day's salary, amounting to Rs 1.5 crore, in the fund for carrying out relief operations in the flood affected areas.

After donating the fund, association president and former MP Shatrughan Prasad Singh and its General Secretary and MLC Kedar Pandey said here that the 30,000 secondary teachers would also donate their one day salary in the CM's relief fund.

Accompanying Mr Singh and Mr Pandey, the CPI state secretary Badrinarayan Lal and party MLA Gajendra Prasad Singh announced six legislators of the CPI in both the Houses would also donate their one month salaries for the flood hit people in the CM relief fund.

Meanwhile, Kalyanpur Cement Limited donated Rs four lakhs in the fund and supplied four thousand food packets for the flood affected people.

UNI