The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) wing of Hyundai India stepped up to help people in flood affected areas in Chennai.
The company handed out 5,000 food packets (4 chapathis and side dish, 1 biscuit packet and 2 bananas) on the 4th of December, and 6,000 food packets (2 Jam buns, 1 rice dish) on the 5th of December to the flood relief teams set up by the Tamil Nadu government. The food packets were air-dropped to the flood affected areas in and around Channai by Air Force Personnel operating from the Tambaram Air Base.
Young Key Koo, Managing Director, HMIL and Vinayagam G, President, United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE) along with Hyundai Motor team members and volunteers visited Vengadu and Nemily villages in Sriperumbudur and distributed various essential items like clothes, blankets, towels and 20 litre water cans to 200 families. Similar items will be distributed in the villages of Perinjampakkam, Ottankaranai and Thathanur followed by distribution of utensils and provisions to sustain the families for 10 days. The relief measures will benefit 1000 families in these most affected villages.
Commenting on the relief measures, YK Koo, Managing Director, Hyundai Motor India Limited, said, “It is really sad to witness this intensity of the disaster. This state gave us our home and this is just a small gesture from our side to the people of Tamil Nadu. I salute the people of Tamil Nadu for their resilience in fighting this calamity.”
