Another Goa Minister to donate salary towards Kerala flood relief
Sunday - August 19, 2018 4:08 pm ,
Category : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Panaji Aug 19 (IANS) Goa Water Resources Minister Vinod Palienkar on Sunday said that he will donate one-month salary to the relief fund in floods-battered Kerala.
"Deeply disturbed by the sufferings of our brothers and sisters in Kerala. As a small contribution towards resettling them and aid in the relief work I have decided to donate one-month salary for Kerala relief work " he said in a Facebook post.
On Saturday Tourism Minister Manohar Azgaonkar had announced that he would donate his one-month salary for the flood-affected in Kerala.
As many as 370 persons have died in Kerala floods this monsoon season with more than three lakh persons evacuated. The southern state has set up around 2 000 relief camps to lodge the survivors.
--IANS maya/tsb/sed
"Deeply disturbed by the sufferings of our brothers and sisters in Kerala. As a small contribution towards resettling them and aid in the relief work I have decided to donate one-month salary for Kerala relief work " he said in a Facebook post.
On Saturday Tourism Minister Manohar Azgaonkar had announced that he would donate his one-month salary for the flood-affected in Kerala.
As many as 370 persons have died in Kerala floods this monsoon season with more than three lakh persons evacuated. The southern state has set up around 2 000 relief camps to lodge the survivors.
--IANS maya/tsb/sed
