Cyclone: An Appeal

Cyclone:
An Appeal

Thursday, November 18, 1999

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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

List of contributions

CHANDIGARH: The following is the second list of our readers’ contributions for the Orissa Chief Minister’s relief fund:

58.	M/s DD International, Amritsar	25050
59.	Gujjar Samaj Kalyan Parishad, Chandigarh	11000
60.	Mr Amrik Singh, Chandigarh	1100
61.	Brotherhood Society, Ludhiana	10000
62.	Lt. Col. Ude Singh Brar, Qadian	7328
63.	Students of Govt College, Mohali	5000
64.	Mr Madan Lal Verma, Ludhiana	5000
65.	Dr V.K. Satija, Ludhiana	5000
66.	Mr Bal Krihan Singh, Patriala	5000
67.	Ms Usha Johar, Chandigarh	4000
68.	Mr Rattan Lal Agarwal, Panchkula	3100
69.	Ms Ranjana Gupta, Ambala	2500
70.	Students, Staff of Raj High School, Kahnuwan	2250
71.	G.T.P. Marvellous College, Kapurthala	2150
72.	Lion Massa Singh Nandra, Woolwich, England	2500
73.	Lion Prof Avtar Singh, Kapurthala	501
74.	Mr I.D. Batish, Chandigarh	2100
75.	Mr Amarjit Singh Sidhu, Sangrur	2100
76.	Col A.S. Jaswal, Jalandhar	2000
77.	M/s Aya Singh & Sons, Shimla	2000
78.	Language and Philosophy Society (RKMD), Shimla	1800
79.	Mr Yash Paul Malik, Karnal	1750
80.	Mr Shamsher Singh Ghuman, Khanna	1500
81.	Mr Bimal Shangari, Ludhiana	1000
82.	Mr Shamsher Bahadur, Ludhiana	1000
83.	Ms Sukhvinder Kaur,Chandigarh	1000
84.	Ms K.K. Sohdi, Udonangal (Amritsar)	1000
85.	Mr H.L. Kapoor, Chandigarh	1000
86.	Ms Kalpana Malik, Chandigarh	1000
87.	Mr A.P. Singh, Chandigarh	1000
88.	Mr S.N. Sharma, Kalka	1000
89.	Mr Yoginder Singh Thakur, Patiala	1000
90.	Mr Vidya Sagar Duggal, Jalandhar	1000
91.	Mr R.C. Dhawan, Chandigarh	1000
92.	Dr Gurbax Singh Kalra, Patiala	1000
93.	Mr Ram Paul Aeri, Chandigarh	1000
94.	Dr Vikas Jain, Dera Bassi	1000
95.	Mr Raman Kumar Gupta, Rohtak	1000
96.	Mr Narender Puri, Ambala Cantt	1000
97.	Mr Rattan Chand Fatehpur Khurd (Hoshiarpur)	1000
98.	Mr Gulwant Singh, Moga	1000
99.	Mr J.S. Saini, Mohali.	1000
100.	Mr Jagdish Chander Sachdeva, Jagadhri.	1000
101.	Mr Rachan Singh, Patiala.	1000
102.	Mr Harchand Singh Dhaliwal Badhni Kalan, Moga.	1000
103.	Mr Jagroop Singh, Ghagga, Samana	1000
104.	Mr Vikas Chopra, Salogra, (HP)	551
105.	Mr M.M. Chopra, Salogra (HP)	551
106.	Mr Amarjit Singh Johal, Moga	520
107.	Mr Sutesh Kumar Jain, Faridkot	571
108.	Mr Prem Kumar Sud, Shimla	521
109.	Mr Ghanshiam Dass Ahuja, Panipat	516
110.	Mr D.D. Nayyar, Ludhiana	501
111.	Mr S. Likhi, SAS Nagar	501
112.	Mr Sudesh Lal Chhabra, Kurukshetra	501
113.	Mr D.N. Handa, Mandi	501
114.	Mr K.L. Handa, Shimla	501
115.	Mr B.D. Shaida, Ambala City	500
116.	Sh S.L. Bindal, Ambala City	500
117.	Mr Dharamvir Bishnoi, Panchkula	500
118.	Mr Vajinder Pal Bhatia, Ambala	500
119.	Leela Khosla, Saproon (HP)	500
120.	Mr Om Parkash Pundir, Hisar	500
121.	Sonam Angrur, Kullu	500
122.	Ms Harpreet Brar, Patiala.	500
123.	Veda Nand, Chandigarh.	501
124.	Er. Niranjan Singh, V. Ghanaoli (Ropar)	501
125.	Mr Anil Kumar Sood, Ludhiana	501
126.	Mr Prem Mathan, Nawanshahr	500
127.	Mrs B.K. Chowhan, Mohali	500
128.	Mst Jiten Girdhar & Rajat Girdhar, Karnal	500
129.	Mr Jagtar Singh Chowdhary, Patiala	500
130.	Mr Inder Mohan Bassi, Panchkula.	500
131.	Lt. (Rtd) Cdr. Gurbachan Singh Bopa Rai Kalan, Nakodar	500
132.	Mr Hari Ram, Tanda Urmur	500
133.	Mr Milkha Singh, Jalandhar	500
134.	Dr R.D. Budhiraja, Rohtak	500
135.	Mr Radhey Shyam Bansal, Hansi	500
136.	Mrs Neelam Sharma, Chandigarh	500
137.	Dr Sandeep Kumar, Narnaul	500
138.	Ms Kusam Gulati, Patiala	500
139.	Mr T.R. Sharma, Chandigarh	500
140.	Mrs Sudershan Kansal, Nabha	500
141.	Ms Taru Reetika, Patiala	500
142.	Mr B.K. Jain, Patiala	500
143.	Mr Pritam S. Saini, Mohali	500
144.	Mr Babu Ram Mittal, Patiala	500
145.	Mr R.K. Arora, Patiala.	500
146.	Mr Raj Kumar Rattan, Jalandhar	500
147.	Ms Saroj Devi, Chhinauli (Sonepat)	500
	Total up to Sr No 147	2,53,671