(Express Photo)IT TOOK just five hours last weekend for two Kerala villages, cutting across religious and political affiliations, to mobilise Rs 11 lakh needed for the kidney transplant of a migrant worker from Tamil Nadu. The collection drive was organised by “Jayan Life Saving Samithi”, a voluntary outfit headed by the five civic body representatives from the villages. According to Jayan, the two villages came forward to help him out of their “love and concern”. Committees were formed later in the five municipal wards in Chingavanam and Pallam, with each team assigned to cover 100 houses. “The initial discussions on helping Jayan were held when Murugan’s tragic end was being debated in Kerala,” says Thomas.

Source: Indian Express October 23, 2017 20:16 UTC