Abu Dhabi: UAE-based Indian businessman MA Yusuffali, chairman and managing director of Lulu Group has pledged to donate of Rs 50 million (Dh2.5 million) for the flood-hit south Indian state of Kerala.
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Yusuffali is donating the money towards the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund to help the flood victims of the state, the group said in a media statement on Wednesday.
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This was conveyed by Yusuffali directly to Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan, during a tele-talk today, the statement added.
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During the 2018 deluge in Kerala, the retail tycoon had donated Rs.80million for Kerala flood relief through the same fund and separate funds created by three Malayalam media houses, a spokesperson told Gulf News.
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“He had donated another Dh5million for the same cause through Khalifa bin Zayed Humanitarian Foundation,” he said.
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Apart from this, the spokesperson said, Lulu’s employees also donated Rs100million to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund.
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Many other UAE-based Indian businessmen had also made huge contributions to rebuild Kerala after the devastating floods last year.
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Yusuffali, who also hails from Kerala, is the first UAE-based NRI businessman to make an announcement about the donation after floods and landslides caused massive destructions and claimed 95 lives in Kerala yet again during this monsoon.
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