Budding engineers from University of Surrey join hands in rebuilding Kerala
Students work with Faisal and Shabana Foundation's relief work in state
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep.10: Kerala is slowly trying to come to normalcy and stand on its feet again after it was hit by worst floods in nearly a century.
Extraordinary efforts of state Government lead by Chief Minister , Ministers , MLAs, bureaucrats, organisations, businessmen, journalists and others has garnered appreciation from all corners. Now its the turn of Kerala based students studying abroad.
Ahmed Zak Faizal studying at University of Surrey, England has come to Kerala along with some of his classmates to take part in relief works. They cleaned a destitute children's home, Anugraha Sadan near Chalakudy recently.
Zak and his friends offered their service to Kerala, through Faizal and Shabana Foundation run by his father , Kerala based prominent NRI business tycoon Faizal Kottikollon and Mother Shabana Faizal.
Clothes, medicines, food items, toys and other items donated by the employees of KEF, an eminent entity owned by Zak's parents were also distributed.
A first year Mechanical engineering student at University of Surrey, Zak is the grandson of P.K. Ahmed of Calicut in Kerala and B.Ahmed Haji Mohiuddin from Thumbay, Mangaluru.
KEF , now known as KEF Katerra is a global construction technology company, considered pioneer of Offsite manufacturing, precast infrastructure & modular construction. The world's first and also the largest offsite manufacturing plant was launched by KEF in Krishnagiri near Bengaluru in December , 2016.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
