Kottayam: Malayala Manorama has opened its offices to collect essential items and distribute them among the flood-affected people in the relief camps across Kerala. Donors can supply food, clothes and other essential items at Manorama offices in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kannur.
You can contribute food items including rice, lentils, vegetables, bread, bun, ready-to-eat products and non-perishable items apart from bottled drinking water.
You can also contribute cloths including lungi, bedspreads, blankets, towels and undergarments (remember to throw out used ones).
Other essentials include sanitary napkins, soap, paste, mats and inflatable pillows.
The deadliest deluge in close to a century has claimed 194 lives in Kerala since August 8, and dealt a body blow to the scenic state, wrecking its tourism industry, destroying standing crops in thousands of hectares and inflicting huge damage to infrastructure. Over 3.14 lakh people have been moved to relief camps.
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced an immediate financial assistance of Rs 500 crore to the state, after reviewing the flood situation there.
