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Over Rs. 8 cr. given to relief fund

Special Correspondent

The cheques were handed over to the Chief Minister

CHENNAI: Cheques for a total of Rs. 8,99,80,306 were handed over to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday as contributions to the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund for rehabilitation measures in the flood-affected areas.

Of this, Rs. 3,21,50,000 came from employees of the State Transport Corporations and Rs. 2,78,70,000 from Tamil Nadu Electricity Board employees, who contributed a day's salary.

The cheques were handed over by Transport and Electricity Minister, R. Viswanathan, Transport Secretary, P. Shanmugam, Energy Secretary, R. Satpati, and TNEB Chairman Hansraj Varma.

A total of Rs.2,06,84,794 was handed over by Minister for Industries Nainar Nagenthran, Secretary (Industries) D. Rajendran, and TAMIN Chairman and Managing Director V. Kanagaraj. The amount included contributions by TIIC, TIDCO, TIEL, Department of Geology and Mines, TIDEL Park and TANSALT.

Information Minister K.P. Anbazhagan, Secretary, Municipal Administration and Drinking Water Supply, M. Sheela Priya, and Managing Director, Metrowater, V.Thangavelu, handed over cheques for Rs.12,73,102. The amount included contributions made by Metrowater employees.

A.V. Dharmakrishnan, Executive Director (Finance), Madras Cements, handed over a cheque for Rs.30 lakhs. P.V. Ramamurthy, Director (Human Resources) along with two other executives of the Coca Cola (India), donated Rs. 20 lakhs.

Subbiah and three other functionaries of the State Bank of India Officers' Association Educational Trust handed over a cheque for Rs.13.02 lakhs to the Chief Minister on behalf of the school staff, parents and administration, says a release.

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