Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild Kerala
NDTV in partnership with Tata Sky has organised a special 6-hour telethon to raise funds for Kerala. The goal of a live televised fundraiser is to enable the rebuilding of villages in the worst-affected districts and provide immediate assistance in terms of rehabilitation and food kits to people in the worst affected areas.
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Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild KeralaHighlighting the fund requirement to rebuild Kerala, Thomas Isaac, Finance Minister of Kerala, says, 'We need Rs 25,000-30,000 crore totally for rebuilding Kerala. We estimate Rs 10,000 crore just for infrastructure rebuilding.' -
Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild Kerala'We can't even estimate the magnitude of disaster and the pain experienced by the people of Kerala. Once the water recedes, there would be many health challenges. The least we can do is send some money. But as citizens, we need to do much more than this', says Indian poet Javed Akhtar at NDTV special 6-hour telethon. -
Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild Kerala'We have given immediate orders for repairing national highways so that transportation and commutation is convenient', says Union Transport Minister, Nitin Gadkari, while speaking about rebuilding Kerala. -
Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild Kerala11-year-old Aarav Verma, a child artist, described the current state of Kerala through his artwork. He created the beautiful piece live on the stage of #IndiaForKerala 6-hour telethon. The paining was bought for Rs. 3 lakh by Faber-Castell India and the funds would be donated to help rebuild Kerala. -
Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild KeralaAccompanied by musician-singer Ankur Tewari, singer Shaan presented his rendition of the popular bhajan,Vaishnava Jana To at #IndiaForKerala 6-hour telethon and encouraged citizens to come forward and help people of God's won country Kerala. -
Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild KeralaParesh Maity and Jaishri Burman, a couple who have donated artworks worth Rs. 16 Lakh which will be sold on Mojarto and the proceeds of which will be used for to help those affected by the floods in Kerala. Artist Paresh Maity says, "even if can donate one rupee, let's do it." -
Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild KeralaAcademy Award winning sound designer Resul Pookutty prioritises cleaning up efforts in Kerala post floods. Mr Resul at the NDTV-Tata Sky #IndiaForKerala telethon said that he had appealed to national media during the time of crisis as rescue of people was the main concern. -
Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild KeralaSaddened by the state of Kerala, children at Uday Foundation in Delhi, paints school drowned in water and say, 'Schools have cracked and some kids have drowned. We have painted this. We are sad about this. They are not being able to go to school. I hope they could get back to school soon.' -
Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild KeralaActor Abhishek Bachchan relates to people stuck in Kerala floods as he himself have been stuck in two floods in Mumbai and in Chennai (in 2015). He says, "We should be very proud of our armed forces, volunteers and the heroes. This goes to show that there is a lot of unity. I appeal to contribute in whatever way. Not just financial help, please go out and do whatever little you can do. " -
Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild KeralaSinger Hariharan sings his hit song, Krishna Nee Begane Baro at NDTV-Tata Sky #IndiaForKerala telethon in Mumbai. Singer Hariharan appeals to the audience to sing along with him and understand the message that "we are a family". -
Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild KeralaKersi Dubash, Chairman of Shri Sai Trust, contributes Rs. 1 lakh through NDTV's #IndiaForKerala initiative to help rebuild Kerala and says, 'I hope Kerala comes back on its feet, as soon as possible.' -
Highlights From The 6-Hour Telethon In Mumbai To Rebuild KeralaOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the people of Kerala have suffered the worst floods in a century. The Chief Minister urged everyone in the country to come forward and support the victims of the Kerala floods.
