DLF, staff contribute Rs 50 lakh towards U'khand relief work

DLF employees have contributed their one day basic salary towards the relief effort

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 02 2013 | 6:50 PM IST
Realty major DLF today said the company and its employees have contributed about Rs 50 lakh to the PM's relief fund for flood-hit Uttarakhand.

The company, through DLF Foundation, has also sent two medical teams to the region besides dispatching three truckloads of food and other relief materials.

"DLF employees have contributed their one day basic salary towards the relief effort along with a matching grant from the organisation which has been donated to the PM Relief fund," DLF said in a statement.

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When contacted, DLF spokesperson Sanjey Roy said a total of Rs 50.5 lakh was contributed to the PM's Relief Fund.

Uttarakhand was hit by flood on June 15-16. The death toll figure has reached nearly 1,000.

"A team is presently working in the upper reaches of Uttarkashi sector and has distributed three truckloads of food and relief material," the statement said.

The medical camps are being organised everyday to treat patients, DLF said, adding, over 400 people covering 12 villages were treated and provided free medicines in the first two days.
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First Published: Jul 02 2013 | 6:48 PM IST

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