Noida MLAs step up with Rs 1 crore funds to tackle Covid situation

In Uttar Pradesh, Noida MLA Pankaj Singh and Dadri MLA Tejpal Nagar have offered Rs 50 lakh each from their MLA funds to help the district tide through the Covid-19 situation in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district.

In Gautam Buddh Nagar, Noida MLA Pankaj Singh and Dadri MLA Tejpal Nagar on Tuesday offered Rs 50 lakh each from their MLA funds to help the district tide through the Covid-19 situation, officials said. Members of the Legislative Assembly in the country are allocated funds in the state budget every year under the Local Area Development (LAD) fund head for carrying out development works in their constituencies. While Singh has contributed the money to the Uttar Pradesh Covid care fund, Nagar has extended it for setting up an oxygen plant in his constituency Dadri, Gautam Buddh Nagar District Information Officer Rakesh Singh Chauhan said.