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Coal India donates Rs 50 crore for U'khand

PNS

Coal India limited (CIl), the State owned Coal Mining Maharatna has contributed Rs 50 crores to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, Uttarakhand, to supplement the rescue, relief, rehabilitation of the people and re-construction and areas devastated by the recent calamity in Uttarakhand.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI), as a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitment, has decided to undertake rehabilitation of communities in couple of villages which are worst affected by the floods in Uttarakhand. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha has also donated Rs 5 crore to the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for relief & reconstruction work.

Coal India limitedCIl chairman SN Rao handed over the cheque for Rs 50 crore to Union minister of Coal, Sriprakash Jaiswal on Friday for the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, Uttarakhand.  In addition to this, Western Coalfields ltd Steering Committee comprising of the representatives of its management and five central trade unions including Coal Mines Officers' Association have decided to contribute one day's basic salary of all the employees to Prime Minister's Relief Fund for the rehabilitation and relief works in Uttarakhand.

It is expected that contributions of one day's basic salary of 54,737 employees of WCl would be more than Rs 5 crore.