Hyundai resumes Chennai ops, joins flood relief efforts

Takes part in airdropping of food packets from Tambaram air-base

Korean automajor Hyundai has resumed its operations from today. The plant of the company was closed due to heavy rains. However, the company did not disclose the production loss.

The company's CSR arm, HMIF (Hyundai Motor India Foundation), handed over 5,000 packets (4 chapathis, 1 packet milk biscuits, 2 bananas) on December 4, 2015 and 6,000 food packets (2 buns and 1 box of rice dish ( puliyogare) on December 5, 2015 to flood-relief teams set-up by Tamil Nadu government.

These food packets have been airdropped by troops operating from Tambaram air-base to the flood-affected victims in and around the Chennai city.

Beginning tomorrow, HMIF plans to distribute essential items like clothing, bedsheets, towels in the villages of Perinjampakkam, Ottankaranai, Vengadu, Thathanur and Nemily in Sriperumbudur block.  

This will be followed up with distribution of cooking utensils, provisions etc. The entire process is expected to be completed by December 14, 2015, said the company.

 Once the rains and the water recede, HMIF  is planning a complete sanitisation campaign for these same villages.  Cleaning the entire village with tractors, defogging it, spraying bleaching powder and cleaning water bodies are some of the activities on the anvil.