The staff and officers of Southern Railway’s Palakkad Division have decided to contribute ₹46.54 lakh to Kerala Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund.

An official release here stated that the Division has about 7,000 employees on its rolls and the amount would be deducted from the September salary of employees. Meanwhile, as a flood relief measure, it arranged full salary of August in advance to employees.

22 tonnes

Officials from the Division handed over about 22 tonnes of relief material, including rice, sooji, atta and pulses to the District Collector of Palakkad on Monday. The material was collected and sent by the Bengaluru Division of South Western Railway to Palakkad.