Google pledges Rs 7 cr for Kerala relief work

IANS  |  New Delhi 

will contribute $1 million (nearly Rs 7 crore) to the relief and restoration work in which has been battered by severe floods, a top said here on Tuesday.

"org and Googlers will contribute $1 million to the relief work in Kerala," Rajan Anandan, Vice President, and India, said at the for event.

Google Crisis Response team has launched several measures to help victims of floods.

Among other measures, it activated the "person finder" tool that fetched 22,000 records, Anandan said.

As many as 417 people have lost their lives ever since monsoon rains began lashing on May 29, with some 8.69 lakh displaced people sheltered in 2,787 relief camps.

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First Published: Tue, August 28 2018. 12:58 IST