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US Ambassador-UN Nikki Haley & Worldwide NRIs expressed solidarity with those affected by the devastating floods in Kerala
Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 2018 |
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has expressed solidarity and said, “Our hearts go out to our Indian brothers and sisters in Kerala who have been affected by the worst monsoon and flooding in over 100 years. We send special prayers to those who have lost a loved one and to all the families of the region as they begin to rebuild,” the Indian-origin diplomat said in a message tweeted by the US Mission to the UN. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also said, “The United Nations is “saddened” by the loss of life, destruction and displacement caused by severe floods in Kerala and is following the situation very closely.” |
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Water 5-7 feet everywhere in the major cities of Kerala | |
The chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that at least 324 lives have been lost so far and The state is “facing the worst floods in 100 years. More than 300,000 people have been left homeless | |
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STATE GOV. DONATED: | Maharashtra (Rs 20 crore), Gujarat (Rs 10 crore), Punjab (Rs 10 crore), Telangana (Rs 25 crore), Bihar (Rs 10 crore), Himachal Pradesh (Rs 5 crore), Uttarakhand (Rs 5 crore), Chattisgarh (Rs 3 crore) Madhya Pradesh (Rs 10 crore), Karnataka (Rs 10 crore), West Bengal (Rs 10 crore), Manipur (Rs 2 crore) and Tripura (Rs 1 crore), Delhi Chief Minister announced Rs 10 crore, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has also announced an aid of Rs 10 crore and similarly, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announced an aid of additional Rs 5 crore to the earlier sanctioned Rs 5 crore along with 245 fire personnel with boats. Tamil Nadu (Rs 10 crore) and Andhra Pradesh (Rs 10 crore), Puducherry (Rs 1 crore), Jharkhand (Rs 5 crore), announced as part of donation. |
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NRIs and their Approach Local PM or President Donated: |
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The rains and landslides during India's ongoing monsoon season have forced over 30,000 people to take shelter in rescue camps. people Kerala are struggling to get food and water to many thousands of people stranded in their homes by high waters.
Over one million evacuees housed in temporary relief camps. 'To prevent disease in relief camps housing more than one million people was now the priority, the Kerala health minister, KK Shailaja, said, " We also seeking to restore regular supplies of clean drinking water and electricity to the state’s 33 million residents." Officials have estimated more than 83,000km of roads will need to be repaired and that the overall recovery will cost at least $3.0bn.
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