CM s call to donate month s salary gets good response
Monday - August 27, 2018 4:44 pm ,
Category : INDIA
CM s call to donate month s salary gets good response
Thiruvananthapuram Aug 27 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan s appeal to people to contribute a month s salary in the wake of the flood disaster has elicited a good response.
Governor P. Sathasivam said on Monday that the appeal was reasonable.
"As the first citizen of the state I have decided to do it and will hand over the cheque to the Chief Secretary " said Sathasivam a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
He had contributed Rs 1 lakh earlier to the Chief Minister s Distress Relief Fund. On Monday he handed over a cheque for Rs 250 000 as the balance amount towards his contribution of one month s salary.
Vijayan s appeal made through Asianet TV channel on Sunday has gone viral on the social media.
He has suggested that those interested in contributing a month s salary can do it over a period of 10 months.
Advocate General C.P. Sudhakara Prasad said: "I had already handed over Rs 1 lakh when the CM made his call asking everyone to contribute. Now heeding to his call to hand over a month s salary I will do it when I get my next month s salary."
Kerala Police chief Loknath Behra told the media that he would pay his one month s salary in one instalment.
"I have got numerous calls from my colleagues who too have promised to contribute one month s salary. Kerala will bounce back very quickly " said Behra.
Senior Congress legislator and former Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said he had also decided to hand over his one month s salary too.
"But the state government should ensure that they stop all extravagance " he said.
Mohammed Hanish a senior bureaucrat who heads the Kochi Metro also promised to donate a month s salary. Many other officials and Ministers have also made the pledge.
The social media has welcomed Vijayan s call.
Ever since monsoon rains began lashing Kerala on May 29 a total of 417 people have died. The flood fury this month has caused unprecedented destruction and forced more than one million people to take shelter in relief camps.
--IANS sg/mr
Governor P. Sathasivam said on Monday that the appeal was reasonable.
"As the first citizen of the state I have decided to do it and will hand over the cheque to the Chief Secretary " said Sathasivam a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
He had contributed Rs 1 lakh earlier to the Chief Minister s Distress Relief Fund. On Monday he handed over a cheque for Rs 250 000 as the balance amount towards his contribution of one month s salary.
Vijayan s appeal made through Asianet TV channel on Sunday has gone viral on the social media.
He has suggested that those interested in contributing a month s salary can do it over a period of 10 months.
Advocate General C.P. Sudhakara Prasad said: "I had already handed over Rs 1 lakh when the CM made his call asking everyone to contribute. Now heeding to his call to hand over a month s salary I will do it when I get my next month s salary."
Kerala Police chief Loknath Behra told the media that he would pay his one month s salary in one instalment.
"I have got numerous calls from my colleagues who too have promised to contribute one month s salary. Kerala will bounce back very quickly " said Behra.
Senior Congress legislator and former Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said he had also decided to hand over his one month s salary too.
"But the state government should ensure that they stop all extravagance " he said.
Mohammed Hanish a senior bureaucrat who heads the Kochi Metro also promised to donate a month s salary. Many other officials and Ministers have also made the pledge.
The social media has welcomed Vijayan s call.
Ever since monsoon rains began lashing Kerala on May 29 a total of 417 people have died. The flood fury this month has caused unprecedented destruction and forced more than one million people to take shelter in relief camps.
--IANS sg/mr
