Mangalore: DK deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim in a press release stated that the individual person or organization collecting donations towards Jammu and Kashmir flood relief fund have to take permission from the tahsildar of the respected taluks and also the permission of deputy commissioner if the operational area is wider.

He urged the organizations to apply for the permission by providing necessary details and documents to the officials to collect donations.

Legal action against will be taken against the organization and persons collecting the donations in the form of cash or other kind without obtaining the permission. He warned the collectors not to misuse the fund collected in the name of flood relief fund.

DC also state that joining hands in the relief operations at the period of crisis is our paramount duty and hence every one must ensure that the fund collected for the crisis will reach the real beneficiaries.