Alappuzha: Kerala has joined hands to extend the much-needed support to people of flood-ravaged Kuttanad and adjoining areas as they face the worst calamity in half a century.
Malayala Manorama's initiative to extend a helping hand to submerged Kuttanad has received overwhelming support from several quarters.
Lulu Group chairman and managing director M A Yusuf Ali has announced a donation of Rs 1 crore. This aid to the Manorama-sponsored “Koodeyund, Naadu” (The state is with you) project will be handed over on Friday.
Kalyan Jewellers Group chairman and managing director T S Kalyanaraman has promised Rs 50 lakh.
Actor Jayaram and his wife Parvathi donated Rs 2.5 lakh worth new clothes and drinking water to the Malayala Manorama project. Parvathi herself visited selected camps on Wednesday to distribute the clothes.
Kozhikode-based Boby Books Exam Winner has passed on Rs 1 lakh to the Manorama scheme.
Food items and drinking water will be distributed at nearly 20 camps in Kuttanad on Tuesday. Items include grocery, vegetables, and other food products.
Those who wish to lend a helping hand to Kuttanad can join hands with Malayala Manorama. Those who wish to donate items like grocery, vegetables, drinking water, biscuits, bread, fresh clothes, bed sheet, towels, mosquito repellents, soaps, bleaching powder, dettol, sanitary napkin etc may contact these numbers: 95678 60931, 0477 2240654 (9.30 am to 5.30 pm). Those who have difficulty buying these items and providing them can pay by cheque to Malayala Manorama Charitable Trust or transfer to its account. The account is at State Bank of India, Kottayam. Number 57051893138. IFS code: SBIN0070102.