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Kerala Floods: Vistara lends a hand, provides free tickets to volunteers

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By CNBC-TV18 August 22, 2018, 9:56:05 AM IST (Updated)

Kerala Floods: Vistara lends a hand, provides free tickets to volunteers
Tata-Singapore Airlines' joint venture Vistara said it is providing free flights-to and fro between New Delhi and Chennai for those heading to help the Kerala flood victims.


"Doctors, nurses, skilled volunteers and disaster relief experts will be given free tickets for this route," the airline said in a tweet.



The ones eligible can email the airline to apply for the free flight tickets.

Kerala floods have been declared as a calamity of severe nature to ensure greater assistance from the Centre is available to carry out relief and rehabilitation work.

The death toll stood at 324 with more than 2.23 lakh people shifting to over 1,500 relief camps. Help is pouring in from across the world to help those affected by the unprecedented floods.

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