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Kerala Flood Relief: Who Donated How Much

21 Aug, 2018 15:06 IST
Flood affected areas in Alappuzha district of the Kerala  

The massive flood in Kerala has been declared a calamity of severe nature by the Central government. At least 216 people have lost their lives in the rains, floods and landslides in Kerala where over 7.24 lakh displaced people have been sheltered in 5,645 relief camps.

It has been estimated that the loss due to the floods is Rs 19,512 crores and the Kerala government faces the gigantic task of rehabilitating the homeless and preventing an outbreak of water-borne diseases. Thankfully many generous contributions by the states and individuals are helping in bringing deluge-hit Kerala to normal. Let us look who donated how much:

Telangana - Rs 25 CrorePrime Minister Narendra Modi announced Rs 500 crore grantUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced Rs 100 crore grantYSR Congress President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy - Rs 1 croreDelhi - Rs 10 crore and the one month salaries of all AAP MLAs and MPsCongress MLAs and MPs too have pledged their one month's salaries.Bihar Chief Minster, Nitish Kumar announced a Rs 10 crore grant.Odisha - Rs 10 croreTamil Nadu- Rs 10 croreAndhra Pradesh- Rs 10 crorePuducherry- Rs 1 croreJharkhand- Rs 5 croreMaharashtra- Rs 20 croreGujarat- Rs 10 crorePunjab- Rs 10 croreHimachal Pradesh- Rs 5 croreUttarakhand- Rs 5 croreChattisgarh- Rs 3 croreMadhya Pradesh- Rs 10 croreKarnataka- Rs 10 croreWest Bengal- Rs 10 croreManipur- Rs 2 croreQatar Government - Rs 35 croreSewa International - USD 10,000Star India - Rs 2 croreSun TV - Rs 1 crore.Asianet employees - Rs 25 lakh.State Bank of India - Rs 2 croreTVS & Sons - Rs 1 crore.Attorney General K K Venugopal - Rs 1 croreDMK donated Rs 1 croreMalayalam actors:Mammooty - Rs 15 lakhDulquer Salman - Rs 10 lakh respectively.Mohanlal - Rs 25 lakh.Tamil actors:Kamal Hassan - Rs 25 lakhDhanush - Rs 15 lakh.Vishal - Rs 10 lakhSivakarthikeyan - Rs 10 lakhVijay - Rs 5 lakhVijay Sethupathi - Rs 25 lakh21-year-old student from Kerala who was trolled for selling fish, Hanan also donated Rs 1.5 lakhBJP MP Varun Gandhi - Rs 2 lakh.Indian-origin UAE businessmen - Rs 125 million
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