AP govt employees to donate 20 crore for Kerala flood

AP govt employees donate Rs 20 cr for Kerala flood relief Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh government employees and pensioners today announced a donation of Rs 20 crore towards flood relief in Kerala.

State government employees, teachers and pensioner, will pool the amount and donate it to Kerala Chief Ministers Disaster Relief Fund, according to AP Non-Gazetted Officers Association president P Ashok Babu.

A delegation of NGO leaders met Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here and requested that a proportionate amount be deducted from their salary and pension for August and credited to the Kerala CMDRF.

IAS Officers Association of AP also announced a contribution of one day's salary towards flood relief in Kerala. Association general secretary Shashi Bhushan Kumar expressed anguish over the flood havoc and hoped the state would recover soon.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister spoke to his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan again this afternoon and complimented the latter over the rescue and relief operations. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)