Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have taken the lead in extending a helping hand to Kerala by contributing nearly Rs 100 crores to the relief fund and sending 2,500 tonnes of rice and essential commodities. Telangana Government gave a cheque of Rs 25 crores to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday while on Monday Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao asked Civil Supplies officials to dispatch 500 tonnes of rice to various districts of Kerala.
Telangana also sent Rs 2.5 crores worth of reverse osmosis water purifying machines as well as 100 tonnes of “Balamrutham’’ a nutritious food for children manufactured by Telangana Foods, worth over Rs 50 lakhs. Telangana IAS, IPS and IFS officers associations and government employees are also contributing a day’s salary for Kerala relief fund.