Rahul visits flood-hit regions in Amethi

Thursday, August 21, 2008, 21:33 [IST]

Sultanpur, Aug 21 (UNI) All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi today visited flood-affected regions at his constituency, Amethi.

Mr Gandhi, who was on a three-day visit to his constituency, initially participated in a gram panchayat in Simrauta and later took stock of the situation at disaster-hit Musafirkhana of Jagdishpur assembly area.

He further instructed the party workers to arrange boats for rescue work and assured the victims that a bridge would be constructed from Paswan to Pipaghat for them.

Later, he asked his partymen to be on their toes for the Lok Sabha elections.

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