This was the company’s initiative toward helping the victims of recent floods in Chennai.
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However many districts in the state and even many areas in Chennai city are still under waterlogging.
Though it’s not been confirmed officially, few reports have claimed that the superstar of Tamil cinema has donated a massive 10 Crore rupees towards the Chief Minister Public Relief Fund, without making much of a fuss.
In a statement late on Saturday, the Reserve Bank of India, the country’s central bank, said it would remain open to support bank transactions and help supply cash to local lenders.
The body of a person from Chennai, who is suspected to have died in the heavy rains that lashed Tamil Nadu, has washed up on the shore at Trincomallee in Sri Lanka.
In many areas, sewage drains have overflowed due to the rising floodwaters, posing a health hazard for residents who have had to wade through the water, Radhakrishnan said. Officials hope commercial services will resume Sunday. Power supplies and phone networks were also hit. They are collecting food medicines, clothes, blankets and other necessary items and distributing those among the affected people.
“I request you to immediately declare this unprecedented, catastrophic and cataclysmic event a national calamity”, she said in a letter to Modi.
Skipper Abhinav Mukund and twin brothers Baba Aparajith and Baba Indrajith did a substantial amount of work distributing relief material to the people affected by the devastating floods.
“None of the politicians or volunteers have approached us for the past couple of days”.
“We have to clear away more than 1000 tonnes of garbage”, a senior municipal corporation official said.
Kanyakumari district, which has been receiving above normal rainfall for the past one month had now started receiving heavy rains over the past two days affecting normalcy in the district.
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India suffers severe flooding every year during the annual monsoon rains from June to September.
