Corporates, banks donates for Chennai flood-relief activities

CHENNAI: Various corporate houses and banks including TVS Motors, India Cements, Hyundai Motor India Limited and State Bank of India today contributed a total of Rs 22 crore towards flood-relief activities in the state, the Tamil Nadu government said.

Top officials from the companies handed over cheques of different sums to Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, a government statement said here.

Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor and Mata Amritnandamayi Mutt contributed Rs 5 crore each while Mallika Srinivasan of TAFE and Joy Alukkas, a popular jeweller, presented cheques of Rs 3 crore each, it said.

India Cements' N Srinvasan and HMIL MD YK Koo gave Rs 2 crore each while SBI and City Union Bank contributed Rs 1 crore each, the government said.