Chennai is submerged and people are desperately in need of help and relief. While government agencies and volunteer groups are tackling situation on the ground, help from certain quarters of India Inc has also poured in.
Restaurant search and delivery service Zomato has announced a meal scheme for Chennai flood victims. Under the scheme, the company will buy and deliver a meal for the flood victims for every meal a customer buys anywhere in India.
Company CEO Deepinder Goyal on Wednesday tweeted:
Help get food to those affected by #ChennaiRains . We buy a meal for each one you buy here: https://t.co/YdkHUShX4w pic.twitter.com/956WZg6GuJ
— Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) December 2, 2015 Almost four hours after launching the meal scheme, Goyal tweeted that 15,000 meals were bought by Zomato users for Chennai flood relief.
15,000 meals bought by our users for #Chennai . Zomato adds to it to make it 30,000. Let’s all help get to 100k – we can do this.
— Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) December 2, 2015 Online taxi service Ola also came forward to help those struck in rains in Chennai. The cab service is jointly working with the fire department and has given a number for the needy citizens to reach them.
#Chennai If you’re stuck in rain and need assistance please contact us at 04428294121. We’ll do our best to get you home safe. RT #StaySafe
— OLA (@Olacabs) December 1, 2015 Please note the no. shared is that of the fire control dept. we’re working closely with them and pooling in all our resources to help out.
— OLA (@Olacabs) December 1, 2015 Feature image source: Twitter
