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Lucknow, Sep 12 : Districts administrations in Uttar Pradesh have collected Rs 5.13 crore in donations for flood-hit Kerala, an official said.
The amount was collected from different districts and a cheque of the same was presented to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, he said.
"The state government will extend all possible help to the flood affected people of Kerala," the chief minister said.
The cheque will be sent to Kerala government, the official said.
The southern state was recently hit by heavy rains and floods, the worst in a century, and the deluge left a trail of death and destruction.PTI
Ranchi, Aug 28 : The Jharkhand High Court has approved the anticipatory bail petitions of three persons on the condition that they deposit money in the Kerala Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
A bench of Justice A B Singh yesterday observed that much has to be done in Kerala following the devastation caused by floods.
Singh granted anticipatory bail to one Utpal Ray in a cheating and forgery case on the condition that he would deposit Rs 7,000 in the relief fund.
Bail applications of fraud accused Dhaneswar Mandal and Sambhu Mandal were also similarly admitted at the cost of Rs 5,000 each.
The court said the petitioners have to submit proof of the deposits made to the fund.
Jharkhand High Court Advocate Association general secretary Hemant Kumar Sikarwar said that high courts in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka had issued similar directions to some litigants to pay costs towards the relief fund in Kerala.PTI
