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KOCHI: Mayor Soumini Jain has said recue and relief operation in the Kochi Corporation are being carried out vigorously under the supervision of Ernakulam district collector.

“Ernakulam Corporation will be donating Rs 50 lakh to the chief minister’s distress relief fund,” she said, adding that she was not game for reacting to the trolls against her on social media.

Many had taken to social media to question Soumini Jain’s role in the flood relief-related activities. Most of the FB posts had compared her work to that of Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V K Prashanth.

Meanwhile, the Kochi Mayor said that wayside vendors at Marine Drive would be evicted as soon as she got the high court order for that. But, the corporation will prepare project for rehabilitating those vendors.