Tollywood celebs donate money to Telangana flood relief fund

Hyderabad, October 21: In the wake of recent rainfall in Hyderabad which created heavy havoc in the state, Tollywood stars including Mahesh Babu, Nagarjuna, Prabhas announced massive contributions to the Chief Minister Relief Fund to help government support families hit by Hyderabad floods.

Veteran Tollywood actor Nagarjuna donated Rs. 50 lakh, Tollywood megastar Chiranjeevi donated ₹1 crore as a contribution to the relief fund.

The unprecedented rains in Hyd have caused massive devastation,loss of lives & extreme hardship to thousands. My heart goes out to those affected by nature's fury.I'm humbly donating Rs.1Cr to CM Relief Fund.Also appeal 2 all who can to come frward & help the needy @TelanganaCMO pic.twitter.com/ARBeV9JShy
— Chiranjeevi Konidela (@KChiruTweets) October 20, 2020

Heavy rains and floods have devastated the life of people in Hyderabad. Appreciate the efforts of Telangana Govt in releasing 550 crores for immediate relief. Standing by the cause, will contribute 50 lakhs to Telangana CM relief fund.#TelanganaCMO 🙏
— Nagarjuna Akkineni (@iamnagarjuna) October 20, 2020

Baahubali star Prabhas Prabhas on Tuesday announced a donation of Rs 1.5 crore for relief efforts in flood-hit Telangana. In addition to him, superstar Mahesh Babu also donated ₹1 crore while Jr NTR donated ₹50 Lakhs to the Telangana CM Relief Fund. Actor Ravi Teja also made a contribution of Rs. 10 lakh towards the CM Relief Fund.

Contributing ₹1 crore towards the CM relief fund of Telangana. I urge all of you to come forward and donate towards the cause. Let's stand by our people during these difficult times.🙏🏻 @TelanganaCMO @KTRTRS
— Mahesh Babu (@urstrulyMahesh) October 20, 2020

Apar from them actor and head of Jana Sena Party, Pawan Kalyan also contributed Rs 1 crore to the CM relief fund. He also urged his fans, party cadre, and everyone also to come forward and contribute to the cause. While Ravi Teja and Vijay Deverakonda contributed Rs 10 lakh each, Ram Pothineni gave away Rs 25 lakh.

Its been a hard year on all of us, but those of us who are doing decently well, let's pool in some money to help those who are not - Let's do it one more time for our own.

Today I am donating 10 Lakhs to the CMRF. #HyderabadRains
— Vijay Deverakonda (@TheDeverakonda) October 20, 2020

The heavy rain which lashed Telangana last week killed a total of 70 people across the state and 33 people in the capital city alone. The state is devastated with heavy rainfall, areas in Hyderabad are drowned and people are going through a lot of hardships. In Hyderabad alone, the government estimates a loss of Rs 670 crore, due to the floods.

Minister KT Rama Rao said Hyderabad received the second-highest recorded rainfall after 1908, which forced the state government to relocate about 37,000 people from low-lying areas to relief camps. Telangana suffered an estimated loss of Rs 5,000 crore due to the recent rains triggered by the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced a financial package of Rs 550 crore for the flood-hit people residing in the low-lying areas. He has declared an immediate flood relief amount of Rs. 10,000 to each household affected by the Flood.