Kerala Flood Relief: Who Donated How Much
21 Aug, 2018 15:06 IST|Sakshi
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 Crore
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Rs 500 crore grant
- Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced Rs 100 crore grant
- YSR Congress President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy - Rs 1 crore
- Delhi - Rs 10 crore and the one month salaries of all AAP MLAs and MPs
- Congress 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 crore
- Tamil Nadu- Rs 10 crore
- Andhra Pradesh- Rs 10 crore
- Puducherry- Rs 1 crore
- Jharkhand- Rs 5 crore
- Maharashtra- Rs 20 crore
- Gujarat- Rs 10 crore
- Punjab- Rs 10 crore
- Himachal Pradesh- Rs 5 crore
- Uttarakhand- Rs 5 crore
- Chattisgarh- Rs 3 crore
- Madhya Pradesh- Rs 10 crore
- Karnataka- Rs 10 crore
- West Bengal- Rs 10 crore
- Manipur- Rs 2 crore
- Qatar Government - Rs 35 crore
- Sewa International - USD 10,000
- Star India - Rs 2 crore
- Sun TV - Rs 1 crore.
- Asianet employees - Rs 25 lakh.
- State Bank of India - Rs 2 crore
- TVS & Sons - Rs 1 crore.
- Attorney General K K Venugopal - Rs 1 crore
- DMK donated Rs 1 crore
- Malayalam actors:
- Mammooty - Rs 15 lakh
- Dulquer Salman - Rs 10 lakh respectively.
- Mohanlal - Rs 25 lakh.
- Tamil actors:
- Kamal Hassan - Rs 25 lakh
- Dhanush - Rs 15 lakh.
- Vishal - Rs 10 lakh
- Sivakarthikeyan - Rs 10 lakh
- Vijay - Rs 5 lakh
- Vijay Sethupathi - Rs 25 lakh
- 21-year-old student from Kerala who was trolled for selling fish, Hanan also donated Rs 1.5 lakh
- BJP MP Varun Gandhi - Rs 2 lakh.
- Indian-origin UAE businessmen - Rs 125 million
