Infopark will adopt the Chekutty doll movement launched here to help the Chendamangalam handloom weavers, who have lost a lot of stock in the recent floods.

The techies will adopt the dolls as part of their commitment to build a new Kerala in the aftermath of the floods.

Those who adopt over a hundred Chekuttys (short for Chendamangalam Kutty) dolls will be honoured by the Chief Minister.

As part of adopting the movement, Rishikesh Nair, CEO of Inforpark, handed over a Chekutty doll to Minister A.C. Moideen at a function here on Friday.

₹6 crore collected

According to Mr. Nair, besides donating relief material for the flood-affected, the techies and the companies at Inforpark had collected ₹6 crore towards the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund. Employees at Infopark have also taken up the Chief Minister’s one-month salary challenge.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kochi / by Special Correspondent / Kochi – September 15th, 2018