E-commerce platform Paytm, cellular companies
BSNL, Airtel Cab Company Ola and restaurant search and discovery service Zomato have come forward to help the victims of Chennai floods.
● Paytm :-
E-commerce platform Paytm, which mostly
focuses on mobile recharge and e-wallet facilities, has taken a centrestage with its 'Stay
Safe Chennai' initiative.
In its blog, Stay Safe Chennai ,
the company says: "If you would like to recharge anyone's mobile number so that they can remain connected during this tough time, please call us at 18001030033 and share the mobile number. We will recharge it with Rs 30 worth of talk-time, free of cost."
● Airtel :-
As incessant rains have disrupted life in Chennai,
the latest company to help out stranded people
in the flood-affected areas is telecom giant Airtel.
The company has announced a few measures to facilitate communication between people in the region.
Airtel has announced both auto-approval of
talktime credit of up to Rs 30 and free credit of
10 minutes for Airtel-to-Airtel calling for all prepaid customers. The facility is valid for two
days.
Apart from free talktime recharge, Airtel is also
offering 50MB of mobile data - valid for 2 days free of cost for all its prepaid mobile customers.
● BSNL :-
Public-owned telecommunications company
BSNL is also doing its bit to help out Chennai.
Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced that there will be no charges on BSNL
bills for one week, starting today.
People also tweeted out in support of the
initiative.
● Zomato :-
Restaurant search and discovery service Zomato
has launched a meal plan for Chennai flood victims.
Zomato has come up with a customised
offer called 'Meal for Flood Relief'. Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal took to Twitter and announced the initiative.
According to the offer, if someone buys a meal
for Chennai flood victims, Zomato will add one
to it and send two meals instead of one where
people are stranded.
Also, the price of the meal is quite economical.
A meal for two costs Rs 100, while a meal for
four is priced at Rs 400.
A lot of restaurants in Chennai, including Adyar
Ananda Bhavan, Prems Graama Bhojanam,
Kolapasi, Dindigul Thalappakati, Nawab Sheikh
Biryani, Meat and Eat, and more have come
forward to participate in Zomato's initiative.
● Ola Cab's :-
In November, Taxi operator Ola deployed boats
along with professional rowers to rescue people
in the waterlogged areas to safer places.
The boats were manned by professional rowers
and also fishermen to rescue people and to
provide food and drinking water free-of-cost
taxi service jumps into the rescue with professional rowers and boats Also, they were equipped with two rowers, sufficient umbrellas and could ferry between five to nine people in a trip.
BSNL, Airtel Cab Company Ola and restaurant search and discovery service Zomato have come forward to help the victims of Chennai floods.
● Paytm :-
E-commerce platform Paytm, which mostly
focuses on mobile recharge and e-wallet facilities, has taken a centrestage with its 'Stay
Safe Chennai' initiative.
In its blog, Stay Safe Chennai ,
the company says: "If you would like to recharge anyone's mobile number so that they can remain connected during this tough time, please call us at 18001030033 and share the mobile number. We will recharge it with Rs 30 worth of talk-time, free of cost."
● Airtel :-
As incessant rains have disrupted life in Chennai,
the latest company to help out stranded people
in the flood-affected areas is telecom giant Airtel.
The company has announced a few measures to facilitate communication between people in the region.
Airtel has announced both auto-approval of
talktime credit of up to Rs 30 and free credit of
10 minutes for Airtel-to-Airtel calling for all prepaid customers. The facility is valid for two
days.
Apart from free talktime recharge, Airtel is also
offering 50MB of mobile data - valid for 2 days free of cost for all its prepaid mobile customers.
● BSNL :-
Public-owned telecommunications company
BSNL is also doing its bit to help out Chennai.
Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced that there will be no charges on BSNL
bills for one week, starting today.
People also tweeted out in support of the
initiative.
● Zomato :-
Restaurant search and discovery service Zomato
has launched a meal plan for Chennai flood victims.
Zomato has come up with a customised
offer called 'Meal for Flood Relief'. Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal took to Twitter and announced the initiative.
According to the offer, if someone buys a meal
for Chennai flood victims, Zomato will add one
to it and send two meals instead of one where
people are stranded.
Also, the price of the meal is quite economical.
A meal for two costs Rs 100, while a meal for
four is priced at Rs 400.
A lot of restaurants in Chennai, including Adyar
Ananda Bhavan, Prems Graama Bhojanam,
Kolapasi, Dindigul Thalappakati, Nawab Sheikh
Biryani, Meat and Eat, and more have come
forward to participate in Zomato's initiative.
● Ola Cab's :-
In November, Taxi operator Ola deployed boats
along with professional rowers to rescue people
in the waterlogged areas to safer places.
The boats were manned by professional rowers
and also fishermen to rescue people and to
provide food and drinking water free-of-cost
taxi service jumps into the rescue with professional rowers and boats Also, they were equipped with two rowers, sufficient umbrellas and could ferry between five to nine people in a trip.
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