SCR workforce contributes Rs7.5cr towards PM Relief Fund

  • | Thursday | 13th September, 2018

The relief material comprised various basic food items, baby foods, back to home kits, besides medicines, disinfectants among other items to serve the immediate and post impact needs of the people,” Kumar said.Acting on the directives of union railways minister Piyush Goyal to provide all the necessary assistance to enable Kerala come out of the havoc caused by the unprecedented floods, the SCR had started a relief mission called Join Hands for Kerala.The two pronged plan of action as part of the mission covered the entire network on the zone, with divisional railway managers of all the six divisions — Nanded, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal — shouldering the responsibility to monitor the relief measures. SLUG: Kerala FloodAurangabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) employees rendered a financial aid of around Rs 7.5 crore for Kerala flood victims from their wages.The SCR — comprising six divisions, including Nanded — has already transported over 630 tonne of relief material free of cost to the southern state.The officers and staff of SCR joined hands to voluntarily contribute Rs7.5 crore from their salary to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for Kerala State.“The workforce showed the way in terms of rendering monetary assistance to mitigate the plight of millions of people who faced unprecedented devastation due to the floods,” SCR chief public relations officer M UmaShankar Kumar said.Beginning from August 15, the SCR has transported a record 630 tonne of relief aid material free of cost from various locations to destinations catering to the flood-affected districts of Kerala.“Here, too, the SCR personnel played a significant role in collecting over 185 tonne of relief material, which formed part of the entire consignment sent.

SLUG: Kerala FloodAurangabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) employees rendered a financial aid of around Rs 7.5 crore for Kerala flood victims from their wages.The SCR — comprising six divisions, including Nanded — has already transported over 630 tonne of relief material free of cost to the southern state.The officers and staff of SCR joined hands to voluntarily contribute Rs7.5 crore from their salary to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for Kerala State.“The workforce showed the way in terms of rendering monetary assistance to mitigate the plight of millions of people who faced unprecedented devastation due to the floods,” SCR chief public relations officer M UmaShankar Kumar said.Beginning from August 15, the SCR has transported a record 630 tonne of relief aid material free of cost from various locations to destinations catering to the flood-affected districts of Kerala.“Here, too, the SCR personnel played a significant role in collecting over 185 tonne of relief material, which formed part of the entire consignment sent. The relief material comprised various basic food items, baby foods, back to home kits, besides medicines, disinfectants among other items to serve the immediate and post impact needs of the people,” Kumar said.Acting on the directives of union railways minister Piyush Goyal to provide all the necessary assistance to enable Kerala come out of the havoc caused by the unprecedented floods, the SCR had started a relief mission called Join Hands for Kerala.The two pronged plan of action as part of the mission covered the entire network on the zone, with divisional railway managers of all the six divisions — Nanded, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal — shouldering the responsibility to monitor the relief measures.

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