Coimbatore: A group of college students donated 30 oxygen cylinders, 25 flow meters and 25 regulators to government hospitals in Tirupur district on Friday.They handed over the cylinders to Tirupur collector K Vijayakarthikeyan and minister for information and publicity M P Saminathan.
The district administration will distribute them as per requirement, refill the cylinders and conduct maintenance of the equipment as needed.The group of students, under the banner Coimbatore Covid Aid, founded by Tavissi Jain, has been raising funds to procure oxygen cylinders on crowdfunding platforms like Milaap.
As many as 203 people contributed Rs 6 lakh so far.
“We are still working on raising the remaining Rs 4 lakh, for which we require the public’s support.
We are also conducting fund raising activities like the Wellness Weekend and Business School Bootcamp,” said Advaitha Ashwath, a core member.The group is currently working on four projects and is focussed on expanding operations and aiding further Covid relief.
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