Hyderabad: As a part of relief operations to flood hit Kerala, the ministry of women and child development, in collaboration with the Telangana government, dispatched 100 Metric Tonnes of ‘Balamrutham’, a supplementary nutrition especially manufactured for children to Kerala to feed the flood stranded children.
The food material was provided by the Telangana foods, a state government enterprise. The food stock was Airlifted on Saturday by from Begumpet Airport to Trivandrum.
In addition to that, the state’s animal husbandry department is also planning to send a consignment of 20 tonnes of milk powder worth Rs 55 Lakh.
Many people have voluntarily formed into groups and are sending monetary and relief material help to the stranded victims. University of Hyderabad, Students Federation of India (SFI) is also in constant attempt to mobilize maximum funds to the cause of Kerala. So far, in two days they have collected around sixteen lakhs from various spots and they are still continuing with their effort.
Also some of the local residents of the city have also formed into groups and are going with a campaign #HyderabadwithKerala, and are putting efforts to accumulate the relief material, they are collecting stuff at Tirumulgherry, King Koti, Miyapur starting from Saturday and will be continued till Wednesday and are planning to send it with the help of the state government.
Air India also came to the rescue of the flood victims, by waiving of applicable penalties on re issuance, date change, cancellation and refund charges. Most Air India and Air India Express flights operating from Kochi Airport to destinations to the Gulf countries and to other stations like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai etc, were rescheduled to operate from Tiruvananthapuram.
