Tendulkar donates to PM Relief Fund in aid of flood victims

The former Indian skipper Sachin Tendulkar has appealed to countrymen to come forward and contribute generously to the prime minister’s relief fund and also directly to the flood victims of the Kerala deluge.

Sachin Tendulkar has also personally donated a hefty amount to the Prime Minister Relief Fund especially for the flood victims in Kerala and other flood-affected states. He has also appealed to one and all to come forward to the rescue of these hapless people by contributing with an open and generous heart.

In a tweet, yesterday former Indian Cricket captain Sachin who is credited for bringing world cups and several laurels for India in International cricket who is also loved and adored by millions of his fans globally, wrote: The recent floods across Kerala have been catastrophic. As the water starts to recede, there is a lot of help required for the flood-affected states. I have tried to do my bit, to help through the PM Relief Fund ( PMnrf.govt.in/en/ ) and request all of you to help and support.

Sachin Tendulkar has also posted several pictures of the flood victims being rescued by disaster management officials and local people. His tweet was not exclusively for Kerala but for all the states that have suffered calamities due to these heavy deluges. It may be recalled that the Kerala floods have completely ravaged the beautiful state affecting the lives of about 2.51 lakh people who have been displaced from their houses and properties. They are in terrible condition for the last several days.

This deluge has claimed more than 80 lives with about forty persons still untraceable. The massive devastation caused by these floods is indeed heartbreaking with hundreds of thousands of homes ravaged completely, lives lost and families separated with literally nothing left. The government is supplying a tremendous amount of relief material and rations through rail and air networks. The railway minister Piyush Goyal has announced that the railways will not charge any freight on the relief materials being ferried to the flood-affected states of Maharashtra, Kerala, and Karnataka. He has urged countrymen and other agencies who want to contribute to donate as much as relief material they can.

The Railways will not charge anything for ferrying the relief material he assured in a tweet.