Chennai: The state government has received Rs 111 crore towards the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Public Relief fund till now. On Tuesday, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa received Rs 12.31 crore for carrying out relief and rehabilitation activities for persons affected by the deluge.
On Tuesday, R. Muthu Kumar, editor and publisher of Makkal Kural, a Tamil daily, gave Rs 6 lakh, MD, NAC Jewellers, Anantha Padmanabhan Rs 25 lakh, MD, Karur Vysya Bank K. Venkatraman Rs 3 crore including Rs 1 crore which is one day’s salary of employees of KVB, MD Chettinad Cement, MAMR Muthiah Rs 3 crore, CMD of Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd, Coimbatore, Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu Rs 2 crore, MD, Sakthi Masala Private Ltd, Duraisamy and Director Shanthi Rs 1 crore, directors, GRT Jewellers, GR Anantha Padmanaban and GR Radhakrishnan Rs 1 crore, Nissan Motors India Private Ltd, (Nissan India Operations — President Guillaume Sicard) Rs 1 crore and Govindasamy Naidu and Sons Rs 1 crore.
Meanwhile, AIADMK general secretary and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa announced that elected representatives, MPs and MLAs from the party, will contribute one month’s salary towards flood relief work in the state.
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