Thumbay Group’s CSR Committee extends financial assistance to employees of flood-hit families
Dubai: The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee of Dubai-based international conglomerate Thumbay Group has extended financial support to the families of its employees that were affected by the recent floods in Kerala and Karnataka. Mr. Akram Moideen Thumbay, the Chairman of Thumbay Group’s CSR Committee, distributed the financial assistance to employees at a function on 25th September 2018.
Several parts of Kerala and Kodagu district in Karnataka had faced a massive natural disaster causing considerable destructions in terms of lives and properties.
A subcommittee of Thumbay Group’s CSR committee constituted to provide help to flood victims had collected funds amounting to Dhs.115,000 from various business units of Thumbay Group as well as voluntary contributions from the staff and department heads. Around 40 employees received the financial assistance at the function.
“Our hearts go out to the flood-affected states. We take this opportunity to express our support for those who have lost their loved one and to all the families of the affected regions, as they begin to rebuild their lives,” said Mr. Akram Moideen Thumbay.
Dr. Thumbay Moideen, Founder President of Thumbay Group, said that Corporate Social Responsibility is a full-fledged activity of Thumbay Group.
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Crossing river, trekking hill voters reach polling booths to cast vote in Surguja LS constituency
Balrampur/Chhattisgarh (PTI): Enthusiastic voters reached polling booths trekking steep hilly paths, crossing a river and even on a horse to cast their votes in remote areas of the tribal-dominated Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, officials said.
Balrampur district falls under the Surguja Lok Sabha constituency which was among seven seats where polling was held in third and last phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state. The Surguja Lok Sabha recorded 74.59 per cent voting, as per the Turnout application.
Voters, belonging to Pahadi Korva, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, including Rajesh, Madan, Sukhu, Gopal and Nandlal, crossed a river to exercise their franchise at a polling booth in village panchayat Amera under the Samri assembly constituency, a government official said.
Similarly, electors, including Lakhan Nagesia, Sahu, Phulsai and Kalesh of Bachwar village under the Ramanujganj assembly constituency walked through hilly terrain for about two hours covering 8 kms to reach a polling booth and cast their vote, he said. A voter, Parimal Dey, reached a polling booth in Sagarpur village under the Ramanujganj assembly seat on a horse, the official said. Dey is a cattle rearer who owns 150 goats.
Two hyper sensitive polling booths -- Chunchuna and Pundag -- located in a Naxal-affected area of the district which shares border with Jharkhand, also recorded significant turnout, he said. The two booths are located in the Samri assembly constituency.
"Special security arrangements were put in place in this area to ensure peaceful voting. Voters of Chunchuna and Pudang ensured their participation in the great festival of democracy braving Naxalite threat," he said. The Chunchuna polling booth has 767 voters and it recorded 84.35 per cent turnout, while Pundag has 595 electors and it registered a turnout of 72.44 per cent till 5 pm, the official added.
