(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday dispatched another round
of essential items to the economic crisis-hit Sri Lanka, sending
over 40,000 tonnes of relief material since May.
Chief Minister M K Stalin had earlier moved a resolution in the
state Assembly to send humanitarian aid to the island republic.
DMK MP Kanimozhi flagged off the third consignment of 16,595
tonnes of the items through the sea route from the VOC port in
Tuticorin in the presence of state ministers on Saturday.
An official release in Chennai recalled Stalin earlier moving
the Assembly resolution to provide 40,000 tonnes of rice, 500
tonnes of milk powder and 102 tonnes life-saving drugs to Sri
Lanka.
Efforts were made to identify the type of rice consumed by the
Lankan people and the same was procured from 85 rice mills in the
state, it said.
Stalin himself had flagged off the first tranche in May this
year while another consignment was sent last month.
With today's shipment, the state has sent 40,000 tonnes of rice,
500 tonnes of milk powder and 102 tonnes of life-saving drugs, with
the government allocating a total of ₹ 196.83 crore towards this
exercise, including cost of transportation by ships.
Of this, ₹ 8.22 crore was allocated from the contributions
received to the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund and the rest
was state allocation, it added.
The government's initiative has been lauded by various quarters
and provided much-needed relief to the people of Sri Lanka, the
release said.
The Stalin-led government will closely monitor the situation in
the island republic and take all efforts to ensure humanitarian aid
for its people, it said.
Kanimozhi, the local MP, said in a tweet that she flagged off
the relief material to the Lankan people who are 'grappling with
various difficulties'.
State ministers Anita R Radhakrishnan, Gingee K S Masthan and P
Geetha Jeevan, and officials participated.
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