AB de Villiers Sends Condolences to Flood Victims of Kerala

Updated - 19 Aug 2018, 04:20 PM

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AB de Villiers. Photo Credit: Getty Images

Former South African cricketing great AB de Villiers popularly knows as Mr 360 has sent his condolences to the affected families and flood victims of Kerala. They have been suffering due to the natural calamity in Kerala.

Around 200 have been reported dead while around 200,000 have been rendered homeless. It is a pretty unfortunate incident for the whole of India to see so many people get affected by fury.

AB de Villiers message to people of Kerala: 

Taking to his Twitter handle De Villiers wrote, “My thoughts and prayers are with the people affected by the terrible floods in Kerala. More than 100 dead and 200,000 left homeless.. terrible! #KeralaSOS #KeralaDonationChallenge.”

Kerala continued to remain on edge. Fresh rain and flood since 8th August have made the situation worse as per the control room of disastrous stress management.

It is one of the biggest calamity in the entire Indian history. Several people have been left homeless.

Around 3.14 lakh people have been moved to relief camps across the whole state of God’s own Country. It is currently facing the worst floods in the last 100 years.

The dams opened all rivers which swell. It was on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an additional grant of INR 500 crore to Kerala.

After a high-level meeting with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and an aerial survey of the state which has been ravaged by floods.

Modi has announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakhs/annum

Modi further announced an ex gratia of INR two lakh per annum to the next kin of the deceased. He also announced further Rs 50,000 each to those seriously injured. It will be given from the National Relief Fund of the Prime Minister.

AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers. Credits: BCCI

Meanwhile, Vijayan further informed Modi that the state had incurred a total loss of INR 19,512 crores at least on initial assessment.

Owing to the Kerala flood victims, there were several areas including part so Ernakulam, Pathanamthitta and Thrissur districts which were submerged.

Additionally, people are still waiting on their terrace for rescuers to come and save them.

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