Srinivasan Services Trust to donate 1,600 oxygen concentrators
The Hindu
Srinivasan Services Trust (SST), the CSR arm of Sundaram-Clayton Limited and TVS Motor Company has decided to donate 1,600 oxygen concentrators costing ₹18 crore to the Tamil Nadu government to aid th
Srinivasan Services Trust (SST), the CSR arm of Sundaram-Clayton Limited and TVS Motor Company has decided to donate 1,600 oxygen concentrators costing ₹18 crore to the Tamil Nadu government to aid the fight against COVID-19. In the first phase, SST CEO and retired IAS officer Swaran Singh and TVS Motors vice-president Sethuraman handed over 500 oxygen concentrators costing ₹7 crore to the State government on Monday, an official release said. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin flagged off vehicles with medical and relief material contributed by SST to hospitals. They were sent to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital and the Stanley Medical College Hospital. The rest would be handed over in the next two weeks. The SST has also donated 4 lakh face masks, 2 lakh face shields, 1 lakh sterile gloves and 1,000 pulse oximeters.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.