Tamil Nadu government helps provide clean drinking water to Kerala victims

Tamil Nadu government today despatched one lakh liters of 'Amma' brand of bottled drinking water to flood-hit Kerala from here.

Flagging off 11 lorries carrying the water bottles, Municipal Administration Minister S P Velumani said the government continues to help the people of the neighboring state. A total of 42 types of relief materials, including rice, grains, medicines, and essentials worth Rs 4 crore has also been sent, he said.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami has already announced Rs 10-crore financial assistance for that state, he said. Besides, a non-governmental organization has donated a water-purifying machine worth Rs 5 lakh, which is also part of the relief materials sent today, he said.

CPI has also sent relief materials worth Rs 10 lakh collected by party, its leader M Arumugam said.

The materials would be distributed directly to the affected people, he said, adding that a sum of Rs 3 lakh from the party would be handed over to the Thrissur district party headquarters for carrying out relief work.

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