You can do better, Chennai! Corporation has received paltry Rs 1.5 lakh as donation

Chennai | Monday | 30th March, 2020

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By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: Donations by way of cash and dry rations have been few and far between, say Greater Chennai Corporation officials. The civic body may find itself struggling to help economically backward sections impacted by the lockdown, said officials. From the over 70 lakh citizens, the civic body has so far received around Rs 1.5 lakh in cash and about 100 20-kg rice bags. Currently, the corporation feeds 3,097 people, including stranded migrant workers, three times a day. It now has 5-10 kg of dal and oil in its larder at JJ indoor basketball stadium at Kilpauk..