AAP ministers to donate one month salary to flood-hit Kerala
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All AAP MPs, MLAs, and ministers will donate one-month salary for the relief work in flood-ravaged Kerala, where 194 people have died.
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener, Arvind Kejriwal, yesterday announced Rs. 10 crore relief for the southern state from the government.
Kejriwal appealed to the public to make donations to the crisis-hit state.
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AAP ministers make contribution towards flood-ravaged Kerala
All AAP MLAs, MPs and ministers donating one month salary for Kerala
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 18, 2018
Disaster
Over 3 lakh people moved to relief camps in Kerala
This is the deadliest deluge in Kerala in close to a century, which has claimed 194 lives since August 8, according to official data.
Further, the scenic state of south India has been hit with a major blow with its infrastructure, standing crops, and tourism facilities severely hit.
Over 3.14 lakh people have been moved to relief camps.