Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, K.K.S.S.R.Ramachandran, on Sunday distributed ₹4 lakh each for victims of lightning and landslide in the district.
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Mr. Ramachandran gave ₹8 lakh to Ramalakshmi, whose husband Senthurpandi and son Rajesh were killed in a lightning attack on April 14 in Sukklanatham.
Similarly, ₹4 lakh was given to Chithra after her husband Murugan was killed in a landslide in Sundarapandiam on June 4.
Earlier, he received 13 oxygen concentrators costing ₹19.50 lakh donated by Virudhunagar Rotary Club and ₹1.25 lakh worth drugs, including Amphotericin B to treat Black Fungus, donated by American Tamil Medical Association.
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Virudhunagar MLA A.R.R. Seenivasan, Collector J. Meghanath Reddy, District Revenue Officer R. Mangalaramasubramanian and Dean, Virudhunagar Government Medical College Hospital, J. Sangumani were present.