Dialog waives off flood relief duty security forces’ call charges

DIALOG Axiata said yesterday it has pledged to waive off all communication costs of the Sri Lanka Army (security forces) in the Eastern and North Central Provinces during the period of the rescue and resettlement efforts.

The company said in the aftermath of the incessant rains and flooding in the Eastern and North-Central Provinces, the Sri Lanka Army had lead operations on the ground coordinating rescue and relief efforts for the hundreds of thousands displaced persons.  Troops in coordination with Government agencies and other organisations have provided temporary shelter, cooked meals, dry rations, medicine and clothes to civilians at camps set up in the Ampara, Batticaloa and Dambulla areas. Troops have also conducted mobile medical camps to assist the affected.  The waive off is in addition to Dialog launching a flood relief SMS campaign on Friday 14 January and inviting its customers to donate Rs. 10 through an SMS pledge.

“Dialog in turn pledged to match each donation with a further Rs. 10. The campaign generated close to 200,000 SMS pledges and together with a special monetary contribution from Dialog, a round sum of Rs. 5 million was directed towards the purchase of essential items for flood victims,” the company said.

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