SGPC dispatches vehicles for rescue operations in U'khand

Sat, 22 June 2013

17:13

The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, the apex body of Sikhs, today dispatched two dozen vehicles including ambulances to Dehradun to assist the ongoing rescue operations in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand.

Mini buses, SUVs and ambulances have been sent to the hill state, SGPC President Avtar Singh Makkar said.

A team of doctors has been rushed to Dehradun, he said.

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