South Indian star Siddharth has been one of the victims of Chennai’s incessant rains. On Tuesday, he posted pictures of his flooded house on Twitter . But a day later he was on the streets trying to aid people and advising people what to do.
On Wednesday, he tweeted advice to his followers on what to do in case they were trapped in the floods and even volunteered help:
If you see anyone stuck in a broken down car waiting for the #rain to stop… Please evacuate them to higher ground. It is very unsafe.
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 1, 2015 It’s official. We’re now a disaster zone!Army deployed. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME. it’s going to get MUCH WORSE! God show mercy on us. #TNflood
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 1, 2015 Please send tweets to @rj_balaji & me. We are trying to contact groups to spread information for stranded people. Every message/call counts.
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 1, 2015 driving around doing pickups and drips tomorrow. Currently food and clothing are secondary. Transport is first priority. Please RT #TNflood
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 1, 2015 If you see people in water, please drop them to dry land. If there’s any way you can drive around please do. Help the relief work. #TNflood
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 1, 2015 We are getting reports that excess food packets are getting wasted. Till the rains stop transport is crucial. Shelter is available. #TNflood
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 1, 2015 We have a 5 car convoy patrolling affected areas in #Chennai . Please collect genuine transport issues and post to me & @rj_balaji #TNflood
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 1, 2015 If you can organise food packets in chennai please contact me. We will have it picked up and delivered. Batches of 50-100 packets. #TNflood
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 2, 2015 If you are not part of relief work please stay indoors. People crowding bridges to see flood sights are a nuisance. Stay home. #TNflood
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 2, 2015 Please use hashtag #ChennaiMicro for food parcel pickup information. It will be easier for our team to respond. Thanks. @rj_balaji
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 2, 2015 If anyone has innova or Scorpio cars to spare please contact us. We need more vehicles. #TNflood #chennaimicro
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 2, 2015 Actresses Shruti Hassan and Soundarya Rajnikanth (daughter of Rajnikanth) have tweeted out helpline numbers and shared their prayers on Twitter:
Horrific rains In chennai my heart really goes out to everyone there 🙁 please pass this on !!! pic.twitter.com/8nbNJSB6S5
— shruti haasan (@shrutihaasan) December 1, 2015 #chennairains #StaySafeChennai pic.twitter.com/VaPlZNz5mO
— soundarya rajnikanth (@soundaryaarajni) December 2, 2015 AR Rahman also shared his prayers on Twitter:
Oh god, please keep my Chennai and its people safe from the floods
— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) December 1, 2015 On another Twitter handle, Superstar Rajnikanth was tagged in a picture announcing that he had made a donation of Rs 10 lakh for flood relief:
Here is the letter announcing TN Flood relief donation by @superstarrajini pic.twitter.com/cicRVbVCwq
— Ramesh (@rameshlaus) December 1, 2015 A International Business Times report said that a group of Tamil actors: Suriya, Karthi, Vishal, Dhanush and Rajnikanth have donated funds for flood relief which amounted to Rs 40 lakh.
Last week stars like Vijayakanth, Rabhava Lawrence and Anirudh had handed over a cheque of Rs 25 lakh for the CM Relief Fund.
