The IAS Officers Association of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday said that it had decided to contribute a day's salary of each of its members to the Kerala's Distress Relief Fund, to help rebuild the flood-hit state.
“As a token of our shared pain with the flood ravaged people of Kerala and as a mark of our heartfelt wish for their quick recovery, the IAS Officers Association of AP resolves to contribute one day salary of its members to the CM Relief Funds of Kerala,” IASOA Secretary Shashi Bhushan Kumar said in a statement.
"The association stands as one with the people of Kerala and the countless members of civil and military administrations as well as civil society who are working tirelessly to provide rescue, relief and rehabilitation to the flood affected people," he said.
This comes a day after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu spoke to his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan over the phone and said that his government would extend all possible help to the flood-hit state.
In a statement, the Chief Minister's Office quoted Naidu expressing his grief over the loss of lives and destruction of property in Kerala, adding that they had announced a financial assistance of Rs 10 crore to the state.
"Have been receiving updates about areas affected badly by floods in Kerala. Taking all measures to help those stranded by floods and contributing Rs 5 cr for relief work. Help the victims and donate to Kerala's Distress Relief Fund," Naidu had tweeted earlier in the week.
The state government also dispatched a special rescue team from the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department to Kerala.
he Kerala government on Sunday informed the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) that the situation in the flood-ravaged state was gradually improving, even as some rainfall was forecast for the coastal state from Monday onwards.
The information was shared in an NCMC review meeting -- the fourth consecutive meeting since August 16 -- which was attended by Secretaries of Defence, Health, Civil Aviation, Food Processing and Power Ministries, Chairman of Railway Board and senior officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
The NCMC meeting was held to coordinate rescue and relief operations in Kerala.