Telangana floods: Prabhas announces a donation of Rs 1.5 crore for relief efforts

Actor Prabhas on Tuesday anunced a donation of Rs 1.5 crore for relief efforts in flood-hit Telangana. As many as 70 people have died in rain-related incidents during past one week in state, Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao said. Actor Ravi Teja also me a contribution of Rs. 10 lakh towards CM Relief Fund.

minister said Hyderab received second-highest recorded rainfall after 1908, which forced state government to relocate about 37,000 people from low-lying areas to relief camps.

Meanwhile, apart from Prabhas, veteran Tollywood actor Nagarjuna donated Rs. 50 lakh, Tollywood megastar Chiranjeevi donated ₹1 crore as a contribution to relief fund. In dition to him, superstar Mahesh Babu also donated ₹1 crore while Jr NTR donated ₹50 Lakhs to Telangana CM Relief Fund. 

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has declared that each household affected by Hyderab rains will receive an immediate flood relief amount of Rs. 10,000. Every house that has been partially damd by floods will receive financial aid of Rs. 50,000 while  completely damd ones will receive Rs. 1 lakh. As per official press release, KCR said that financial assistance of Rs. 10,000 will be distributed from Tuesday onwards to allow people to obtain groceries and essential commodities like rice and pulses which have been lost amid floods. 

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(with PTI inputs)