Kerala floods: State governments pitch in

August 19, 2018 12:44 am | Updated 08:34 pm IST

As Kerala is facing the worst floods of the century, States are lending an helping hand.

Here are the details.

 AmountOthers
Central government aid₹600 crore 
Tamil Nadu₹10 crore500 metric tonnes of rice, 300 metric tonnes of milk powder and 15,000 litres of milk, among other relief materials. TN IAS officers contribute one day's salary.
Karnataka₹10 crore 
Puducherry₹2 crore 
Gujarat₹10 crore 
Bihar₹10 crore 
Delhi₹10 croreAll Aam Aadmi Party legislators are donating their one-month salary. Congress MLAs too are donating their one-month salary.
Andhra Pradesh₹10 crore 
Telangana₹25 croreReverse Osmosis machines worth ₹2.5 crore are being sent . 'Balamrutham', food for children, worth ₹52.5 lakh.
Haryana₹10 crore 
Punjab₹10 croreOne lakh packages of food items including tea, sugar, milk powder, biscuits and water bottle.
Maharashtra₹20 croreFood packets of ₹1.5 crore and 11 tonnes of dry food.  Rajasthani Welfare Association & JITO International contributing ₹51 lakh each.
Odisha₹10 crore 245 fire personnel will help rescue and relief operations. 500 MT of polythene sheets and 75 power boats despatched.
Chhattisgarh₹3 croreA train with rice worth ₹2.5 crore has been sent.
Uttarakhand₹5 crore 
Rajasthan₹10 croreA 27-member team of State Disaster Relief Force with 12 boats will help Kerala in rescue operations.
Madhya Pradesh₹10 crore 
Himachal Pradesh₹5 crore 
Uttar Pradesh₹15 croreUP Police Personnel are donating their one day salary.
Jharkhand₹5 crore 
Arunachal Pradesh₹3 crore 
Manipur₹ 2 crore 
Jammu and Kashmir₹2 croreFormer Chief Minister Omar Abdullah donates his one month salary.

 

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