CHANDIGARH, Punjab—The apex Sikh body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhik Committee has constituted a committee for deciding the magnitude of financial help for the owners of around 60 shops burnt near Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib on June 7. SGPC’s executive member Jathedar Jarnail Singh will spearhead this committee.
The move came following a thorough discussion on the incident in an executive meet of SGPC held at Sultanpur Lodhi under the leadership of president Gobind Singh Longowal on June 9. In this meeting, the executives decided that a committee would be formed to review the loss of the victim’s shopkeepers.
Earlier, a delegation of victim shopkeepers gave a memorandum to the SGPC president Bhai Gobind Singh Longowal shedding light on the details of damage caused. The shopkeepers demanded that the SGPC should come forward to restore the only source of livelihood for their families by financially helping them.
It may be recalled here that around 60 shops near Gurdwara Sri Kesgarh Sahib (Sri Anandpur Sahib) were burnt in a fierce fire broke out during the wee hours of June 7. Although, the owners of these shops had lost their life earnings in this fire originated from a short-circuit in an electricity grid, but fortunately no loss of life had occurred in this incident.
