NLC India Ltd Contributes Rs. 4.30 Crore to Tamil Nadu CM Relief Fund

NLC India Ltd,  under the Ministry of Coal,  contributed Rs. 4.30 crore to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund, including Rs.2.30 crores,  as one day salary from NLC India’s  employees.  The assistance is for  fostering recovery of the people affected by the recent flood caused by  Cyclone  Michaung  that devastated Chennai and the surrounding districts of Thiruvallur, Kanchipuram and Chengalpattu,  and also  to help people affected by the recent unprecedented heavy rain  in the southern districts of Tuticorin and Tirunelveli.

NLC India Chairman and Managing Director, Shri Prasanna Kumar Motupalli handed over the cheque for Rs. 4.30 crore today to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Shri. M.K. Stalin, at Tamil Nadu Government Secretariat in the presence of Chief Secretary Shri. Shiv Das Meena.

NLC India had also extended its helping hand by deploying 18 giant 25 HP water pumps along with its engineers and technicians during 5^th to 15^th December and cleared inundation of crucial locations  and cleared 51,20,000 cubic feet of water from the flood affected dwelling places.

Presently, from 17^th December, NLC India has deployed 12 number of similar 25 HP pumps in the flood affected Tuticorin district to mitigate the sufferings due to incessant rain.  Further, drinking water supply is being extended from the RO plant of NLCIL’s Joint Venture Power Plant, NTPL, at Tuticorin. for the people of flood  affected areas.