Flood relief funds: Telangana govt employees donate one-day basic salary for victims
The JAC comprising unions of ordinary employees, gazetted officers, teachers, workers, pensioners, contract and outsourcing employees declared that it would contribute one day's basic salary to the treasury for the cause. They asked the government to cut the amount from their September payment and deposit the same to the treasury, which it is learnt to amount to Rs 100 crore
Hyderabad: Following the heavy damage caused due to the incessant-rain induced flash floods, financial assistance poured in from various sources to the government.
The Telangana Government Employees JAC sacrificed one day of their basic salary to the CM's Relief Fund asking that it should be spent for the aid of the flood victims.
A Class X student, Mutyala Sai Sindhu, of Mahabubabad district donated Rs 3,000 crore from her kitty bank towards the flood relief fund. She gave the amount to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at a programme held in the district.
The JAC comprising unions of ordinary employees, gazetted officers, teachers, workers, pensioners, contract and outsourcing employees declared that it would contribute one day's basic salary to the treasury for the cause. They asked the government to cut the amount from their September payment and deposit the same to the treasury, which it is learnt to amount to Rs 100 crore.
Over 16 people lost their lives due to recent heavy rain in Telangana. The state government announced an ex-graita of Rs 5 lakh for the kin of the deceased during the rain.
Revanth Reddy's government has put the loss at Rs 5,000 crore, basing on the preliminary estimates. The CM sought Rs 2,000 crore assistance from the Centre and also urged it to declare Telangana floods as a national calamity.