To our readers
Orissa cyclone relief: an appeal

NEVER has Orissa seen death, devastation and disruption of life on such a scale as the supercyclone has caused. Lush paddy fields have turned into watery graves for human beings and cattle. Everybody has lost the count of the lives lost. Efforts are on to save the starving, the marooned and the disease-hit.

It is a national calamity and the nation has to come to Orissa's aid. Next to manpower, Orissa needs money to rebuild life brick by brick. Millions of rupees are required to reconstruct the ruined huts and vanished roads; to clear the sand-filled streams and canals; and to feed those who have lost their hearth and home. The money has to come from each one of us. It has to go from one Indian to another Indian.

Remember Kargil and the spontaneous national expression of support and solidarity? India has to recapture the spirit and join the battle that the cyclone-hit people of Orissa are fighting. It is not their battle alone. The magnitude of their suffering has made it a national mission. It is a common fight — theirs, yours and ours. Nay, it is more than a fight; it is a challenge and an opportunity to reassert the ancient belief that India is one big, well-knit family and no member is ever alone in joy or sorrow.

We appeal to the readers to rise to the occasion as they did during the Kargil crisis and donate liberally. They should mail crossed cheques or bank drafts banker's cheques certified cheques payable at Bhubaneswar, favouring "The Orissa Chief Minister's Relief Fund", to the Tribune Office, Sector 29-C, Chandigarh, India. We shall forward these to the authorities concerned who will issue receipts directly to the contributors. Contributions are exempt from income tax under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act.

The names of the donors contributing Rs 500 and above will be published in the Tribune group of newspapers.

Editor
The Tribune

Readers’ donation for Orissa relief fund

CHANDIGARH: The following is the 16th list of our readers’ contributions for the Orissa Chief Minister’s relief fund: (S. No.; Donors’ name; Amount in rupees):

1965. Mr B. K. Nehru, Kasauli 10000

1965a.Dr Gurpreet Kaur, Jalandhar 10000

1966. Dr Tarun Wasil, Canada 10000

1967. GAV Public School, Kangra 6300

1968. Mr Same Ram, Panu Chaudhran (Rohtak) 5100

1969. Mr Sushil Kumar, V. Teontha (Kaithal) 5000

1970. M/s Nicks Auto Industries, Ludhiana 5000

1971. M/s Pyare Lal & Sons. Pathankot 5000

1972. Mr Jagtar Singh, Patiala 5000

1973. Mahila Welfare Society, Naya Nangal 3500

1974. Staff & Students of Govt Sr Sec School and Getti, Shahzadpur, Ambala 2900

1975. Hind Welfare Society, Bulhowal (Hoshiarpur) 2640

1976. Mr Raj Bahadur Singh, Hoshiarpur 2000

1977. Mr Dharminder Kumar, Ludhiana 1500

1978. Staff & Students of Samlashan Model Public School, Raipur Rani 1120

1979. M/s J.K. Poly Fibres, Ludhiana 1100

1980. Ms Shamsher Singh, Panipat 1100

1981. Mr Ravinder Singh, Karnal 1100

1982. Mr T.S. Ahluwalia, Ambala City 1100

1983. Retired Municipal Employees Union, Abohar 1100

1984. Students & Teachers of Govt Sr Sec School, Baragaon, Karnal 1100

1985. Ms Kamla Devi Sharma, Ropar 1100

1986. Mr H.D. Bhatia, Rajpura 1100

1987. Mr K.L. Dua, Ludhiana 1100

1988. Mr B.V.D.P. Rao, Chandigarh 1020

1989. Mr Ashok Kumar Sharma, Ludhiana 1000

1990. Mr Dalip Singh, Chandigarh 1000

1991. Mr Manohar Lal Sharma, Jalandhar 1000

1992. Mr Manjit Singh, Jalandhar 1000

1993. Mr Sukhpal Singh, Patiala

1994. Mr J.L. Kashyap, Shimla 1000

1995. Er Parkash Chand, Shimla 1000

1996. Mr Raj Kumar, Kurali, Ropar 1000

1997. Mr Trishla Tulani, Abohar 1000

1998. Mr Partap Singh Khyalia, Bathinda 1000

1999. Mr B.K. Sharma, Hamirpur 1000

2000. Mr Inderjit Gulati, Amritsar 1000

2001. Dr A.P.S. Kochar, Faridkot 1000

2002. Ms Sukhchain Singh Sidhu. Moga 1000

2003. Mr Mohinder Pratap Sharma Kuku 1000

2004. Mr Virender Singh, Bathinda 1000

2005. Dr K.K. Mahajan, Jalandhar 1000

2006. Ms Kamal Kanta, Ambala 1000

2007. Mr Kanwal Singh, Sangrur 1000

2008. Mr N.R. Sharma, Panchkula 1000

2009. Mr B.R. Sharma, SAS Nagar 500

2010. Col Surinder Singh, Patiala 600

2011. Mr Om Dev Sharma, Jalandhar City 600

2012. Mr Harpreet Singh, Chandigarh 512

2013. Mr Tagore Adarsh School, Kaithal 511

2014. Mr Bachitar Singh, Chandigarh 501

2015. Mr Gurdev Gupta, Sarkaghat 501

2016. Dr M.S. Jain, Chandigarh 501

2017. Mr Ishan Steels, Chandigarh 500

2018. Mr Kesar Singh Panag, Gobindgarh 500

2019. Mr Inder Singh, Chandigarh 500

2020. Mr Ramesh Kumar Malhan, Rohtak 501

2021. Mr Amrinder Pal Singh, Patiala 500

2022. Mr Muneeshwar Joshi, Chd 500

2023. Mr Roop Narayan Singh, Bathinda 500

2024. Mr Tarsem Kumar Goyal, Bathinda 500

2025. Mr A.S. Khurana, Yamunanagar 500

2026. Mr Vimal Kumar Bishnoi, Panchkula 500

2027. Mr K.N. Khullar, Batala 500

2028. Gupt Donation 500

2029. Ms Manorenjna Baweja, Chd 500

2030. Mr Sunil Kumar, Chandigarh 500

2031. Mr Devinder Singh, Chandigarh 500

2032. Ms Shilpa Mahajan, Dharamsala 500

2033. Mr Devashish Sharma, Shimla 500

2034. Dr Santosh Rajinder Vaidya, Mandi 500

2035. Welfare Fund Committee, O/o Senior XEN, 220 KV Sub Station, Verpal, Amritsar 500

2036. M/s Libra Computers & Peripherals, Ambala Cantt 500

2037. Mr Raju Malhotra, Rajpura 500

2038. Mr Venay Khanna, Ambala Cantt 500

2039. Mrs N.K. Nanda, Chandigarh 500

2040. M/s Mahindra Industrial Corpn, Ludhiana 500

2041. M/s Krishan K. Mittal & Co., Ludhiana 500

2042. Mrs U. Bhambery, Chandigarh 500

2043. Mr Bhupinder Singh, Ludhiana 500

2044. Mr Arjan Singh Patial, Hamirpur 500

2045. Mr N.S. Jain, Panchkula 500

2046. Mr Satish Kumar Garg, Jagadhri 500

2047. Mr Ajay Kumar Aggarwal, Rampur Bushahr 500

2048. Dr K.D. Sharma, Hoshiarpur 500

2049. Mr Indar Ram, Hamirpur 500

2050. Mr H.K. Nayyar, Hoshiarpur 500

2051. Mr Nirmal Singh, Chandigarh 500

2052. Ms Kusum Sharma, Mandi 500

2053. Mr Jagmohan Goomer, Ambala City 500

2054. Mr Abhay Singh Yadav, Gurgaon 500

2055. Mr Roshan Mashi, Yamunanagar 500

2056. Mr Dharam Paul, Shimla 500

2057. Smt Susheela Devi, Patiala 500

2058. Mr Sanjeev Kumar, Ludhiana 500

2059. Mr S.K. Bhardwaj, Bhiwani 500

2060. Mr B.S. Randhawa, Mohali 500

2061. Mr S.P. Chowdhary, Panchkula 500

2062. Mr Anil Dat, Ludhiana 500

2063. Mr Randhir Surya, Chandigarh 500

2064. Mr Savita Vohra, Panchkula 500

2065. Mr D.I.K. Jalandhar, Jalandhar 500

2066. Mr Dinesh Goyal, Chandigarh 500

2067. Mr M.L. Bansal, Chandigarh 500

2068. Mr Rajeshwar Narang, Jalandhar City 500

2069. Mr S.S. Bhatia, Jalandhar 500

2070. Ms Janak Dulari Sharma, Sriganganagar 500

2071. Mr S.P. Kantror, Hamirpur 500

2072. Mr Manjit Singh, Nabha 500

2073. Mr Opinder Singh, Jalandhar 500

Total up to Sr. No. 2073: 33,32,990 + $ 384.65