Tamil Nadu government helps revive electricity system in flood hit Kerala

Tamil Nadu government today sent 256 transformers and 40,000 power meters apart from one lakh litres of 'Amma' brand of bottled drinking water to flood-hit Kerala. Electricity Minister P Thangamani told reporters in Erode that the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board had sent the transformers and power meters to the neighboring state, which was reeling under the impact of the floods and landslides unleashed by the monsoon fury.

Meanwhile, in Coimbatore, Municipal Administration Minister S P Velumani flagged off 11 lorries carrying the water bottles. The Tamil Nadu government continues to help the people of the neighboring state, he said.

A total of 42 types of relief materials, including rice, grains, medicines, and essentials worth Rs 4 crore has also been sent, the minister said. Chief Minister K Palaniswami has already announced Rs 10 crore financial assistance for Kerala, he added. 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.

The 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. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)