Assam govt to provide Rs 3 crore aid, Telangana deputy CM to give 1-month salary to flood-hit Kerala
Kerala flood
He has also ordered the state Revenue and Disaster Management Department to launch helplines to expedite the process of giving relief and rescue support to people.
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonwal on Sunday announced that his state would give Rs 3 crore as aid to rain-struck Kerala.TelanganaDeputy Chief MinisterMohammad Mahmood Alihas decided to donate his one-month salary as well.
"The Government of Assam would extend financial aid of Rs 3 crore to Kerala government in view of the devastating flood in the southern state," an official release said quoting the chief minister, PTI reported.
As a gesture of support,TelanganaHome Minister, Nayani Narshimha Reddy also handed over a cheque of Rs 25 crore toKeralaChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday.
He has also ordered the state Revenue and Disaster Management Department to launch helplines to expedite the process of giving relief and rescue support to people.
Accordingly, the department opened two helpline numbers and a control room. The helpline numbers are 0361-2237219 and 0361-2237460, while the control room can be reached at 9401044617.
Apart from this, theTelanganaadministration has also airlifted 50 R.O machines worth Rs 2.5 crore toKeralafrom Begumpet to facilitate drinking water.
Kerala is witnessing one of the worst floods in nearly a century, killing over 350 people, leaving multiple homeless and damaging several crores worth of property.
More than half a million people have been replaced, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Sunday.
He said a total of 22,034 people had been rescued from flooded homes and other buildings with the help of various agencies, including the Navy and Air Force.
The death toll began on May 29 when Kerala got the first of the monsoon rains but the bulk of the fatalities were reported after August 9, when a tragedy of unprecedented proportion gripped the state after sluice gates of several rain-filled dams were opened.