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Kolkata: State Education minister Partha Chatterjee has appealed to the teacher fraternity for donating to the Rs 200 crore emergency fund set up by the Mamata Banerjee government to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak. If we all do not stand by the state government in this crucial phase, then there may be a financial crisis. Several organisations and eminent personalities in the city have already donated money to the emergency relief fund. Calcutta Rowing Club (CRC) authority on Thursday transferred Rs two lakh to the relief fund and appreciated the moves taken up by the Chief Minister. This apart, Chancellor of Sister Nivedita University and managing director of Techno India Group Satyam Roychowdhury has donated Rs 50 lakh to the relief fund..