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UAE-based Indian businessmen pledge ₹ 12.5 crore for Kerala relief fund
Dubai: Indian-origin billionaire businessmen based in the UAE have announced ₹ 12.5 crore donation for Kerala relief fund, according to a media report.
Kerala-born businessman Yusuff Ali MA, chairman and managing director of Lulu Group, has announced ₹ 5 crore donation for Kerala floods, Khaleej Times reported today.
K.P. Hussain, chairman of Fathima Healthcare Group, has donated ₹ 5 crore. He said that ₹ 1 crore out of ₹ 5 crore will directly go to the Kerala relief fund, while the rest will be allocated for medical relief aid, said Khaleej Times. Hussain said that his group has coordinated with the state’s health secretary to send volunteers from its medical faculty. This includes doctors and paramedics being sent to relief camps.
Other UAE-based businessmen that have pledged donations to the Kerala relief fund are B.R. Shetty, chairman of Unimoni and UAE Exchange and Azad Moopen, founder chairman and managing director of Aster DM Healthcare. They pledged ₹ 2 crore and ₹ 5 crore, respectively.
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