Jayalalithaa Announces Rs 5 Crore Assistance to Kashmir

Chennai: J. Jayalalithaa on Monday announced an assistance of Rs 5 crores to flood ravaged Jammu and Kashmir and any other assistance required to the state.

In a press release by the Tamil Nadu state government, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said, “"As a token of the support and solidarity of the Government and people of Tamil Nadu with the Government and people of Jammu & Kashmir in their hour of need, I have ordered the immediate contribution of a sum of Rs. 5 crores from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund."

She further added that "The government of Tamil Nadu stands ready to render any other assistance as may be required by the government of Jammu and Kashmir.”