Delhi HC, Bar donate for Kerala flood relief

A CONTRIBUTION OF AROUND ₹53 LAKH WAS MADE BY THE JUDGES, LAWYERS AND OFFICIALS OF THE REGISTRY

NEWDELHI: The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA), with the Delhi high court, organised a relief camp on Saturday for victims of the recent floods in Kerala.

A contribution of around ₹53 lakh was made by the judges, lawyers and officials of the registry.

Four truckloads of clothes, essential items such as sanitary napkins, food items such as pulses, rice and other things were also readied to be sent to the people of the flood-hit state.

Justice Rajendra Menon, the Chief Justice of Delhi High court, handed over the cheque to Puneet Kumar, the resident commissioner of Kerala house, in the presence of Supreme Court judge – Justice Kurian Joseph.

Justice Joseph, while giving thanks for the contribution, sang a song during his address to the gathering.

The relief materials will be sent to Kerala via a non-stop goods train.

The cartons of donated items will be loaded on to the train from Lahori Gate—railway Parcel Office.

Other judges present at the event were justices S Ravindra Bhat, S Muralidhar, Siddharth Mridul, V Kameswar Rao, Pratibha M Singh and C Hari Shankar.

Hundreds of people were displaced while many went missing in the worst floods the state has seen in a century.

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan had pegged the state’s losses at approximately ₹1,900 crore. PM Modi had, after an aerial survey of the affected area, released ₹600 crore.