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:

148. Mr Justice Prem Chand Pandit, ( Retd.), Chandigarh 10000

149. M/s Crystal Foundry, Goraya 10000

150. Mr Arjun Lal Grover, Chandigarh 10000

151. Mr Maya Das Madan, Karnal 10000

152. In Memory of Late Mrs Shashi Narang by Mr Kulbhushan Narang, Muktsar 5100

153. Mr C.S. Thapar, Jalandhar 5000

154. Dr M.R. Thakur, Raja-Ka-Bagh, (Distt. Kangra) 5000

155. Prof. R.K. Deora, Bhatinda 5000

156. Mr Ashwani Kumar, Chandigarh 5000

157. Dr Surendra Mohan, Ambala City 5000

158. M/s Natraj Industrial Corporation, Alour, Khanna 3100

159. Mr Har Parkash Bahl, Chandigarh 3100

160. Dr M.L. Kamra, Hissar 2500

161. M/s R.A. Marwaha & Co., Jalandhar 2500

162. Mr Anil Mehta, Ludhiana 2100

163. Mr K.L. Dhingra, Ambala City 2100

164. Mr M.S. Cheema, Patiala 2100

165. Mr Gurdeep Singh, Jalandhar City 2000

166. Mr Mohinder Singh, Chandigarh 2000

167. Mr Harpal Singh, Faridkot 2000

168. Dr Arun K. Dhanuka, Ludhiana 2000

169. Mr A.K. Malhotra, Ludhiana 2000

170. Staff Members of State Bank of India, Ludhiana Stock Exchange Branch, Ludhiana 1151

171. Department of Computer Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 1130

172. Mr P.N. Tiku, Solan 1111

173. Mr Kashmiri Lal Goyal, Chandigarh 1100

174. Mangalvar Society L.I.C., Chandigarh 1100

175. Mr K.K. Vohra, Chandigarh 1100

176. Ms Jasleen Chhatwal, Chandigarh 1100

177. Sanjeev Juneja, Panchkula 1100

178. Mr Om Parkash Sharma, Karnal 1100

179. Dr Ranjana & Dr B. Singh, Goraya 1100

180. Mr Banke Lal Sharma, Amritsar 1100

181. Ch. Jaswant Singh, Tapri 1100

182. Lt. Col. G.S. Dhami, Chandigarh 1100

183. Mr Pran Aggarwal, Amritsar 1100

184. Dr Harjit Singh Kaley, Faridkot 1100

185. Mr Ved Parkash Sharma & Adesh Kumar Sharma, Ambala Cantt. 1100

186. Pali & Cooki, Wadala (Jalandhar) 1100

187. Dr (Mrs) Deep Rashmi, Dhuri 1100

188. Dr Phool Chand Jindal, Dhuri 1100

189. Er. Rajmal Thakur, Fatehpur (Distt. Kangra) H.P. 1100

190. Mr Devki Nandan Mangla, Gurgaon 1100

191. Mr S.S. Rikhy, Chandigarh 1100

192. Mr Chaman Sharma, Chandigarh 1100

193. Mr P.N. Khanna, Karnal 1100

194. Mr Shakuntla Khanna, Karnal 1100

195. Mr S.L. Duggal, Solan 1000

196. Mr Ravi Nandan Sullhan, Mohali 1000

197. Ms Sukhwinder Kaur, Amritsar 1000

198. Prof. A.M. Chauhan, Ludhiana 1000

199. Mr Ajay Pal Singh Grewal, Patiala 1000

200. Mr Shamsher Gill, Chandigarh 1000

201. Mr B.M. Rawlley, Nabha 930

202. Staff Punjab National Bank, Manak Wahad, Teh. Phagwara Distt. Kapurthala 700

Food Corporation of India, Chandigarh

203. Mr D.P. Reddy 2000

204. Mr T.P. Singh 1500

205. Mr Jagmohan Verma 1000

206. Mr R.P. Singh 1000

207. Mr S.S. Grewal 1000

208. Mr Sushil Nagpal 1000

209. Mr A.K. Chatley 500

210. Mr C.M. Malhotra 500

211. Mr G.N. Pandey 500

212. Mr S. Malhotra 500

213. Mr S.P. Singh 500

214 Mr K.L. Pahuja 500

215. Mr Y.K. Suri 500

216. Mr S.K. Chhabra 500

217. Mr S.N. Tiwari 500

218. Mr Dev Raj 500

219. Mr Daljit Singh 500

220. Mr P.R.K. Murthy 500

221. Mr K.K. Sharma 500

222. Mr Kanwaljit Singh 500

223. Mr Ashok Kharbanda 500

224. Mr Parbhat Kumar 500

225. Mr R.R. Dhama 500

226. Other Employees 13540

227. Mr Roshan Lal Verma, Roparu, PO:Basona, Teh. Bharol (Distt. Mandi) H.P. 1000

228. Major Saranjit Singh Gill, Jagraon 1000

229. Mr Harjit Singh, Chandigarh 1000

230. Mr Charan Singh, Jalandhar 1000

231. Mr Balbir Singh Tagour, Bathinda 1000

232. Dr Inderpal Singh Chauhan, Mahendergarh 1000

233. Mr Mohan Lal Sharma 1000

234. Lt. Col. G.R. Saini, Chandigarh 1000

235. Mr Ashootosh Tandon, Mandi Gobindgarh 1000

236. Lt. Col. V.K. Nayyar, Chandigarh 1000

237. Mr Vishal Dadoo, Manimajra 1000

238. Dr Amarjeet Singh, Bhogpur (Distt. Jaandhar) 1000

239. Mr Dharam Vir Jund, Chandigarh 1000

240. Mr G.L. Chopra, Chandigarh 1000

241. Mr S.R. Sharma, Chandigarh 1000

242. Ms Navita Sharma, Chandigarh 500

243. Ms Shyama Anil, Chandigarh 1000

244. Mr P.K. Samaddar, Pinjore 600

245. Lt. Col. S.S. Dandawate, Shimla 600

246. Mr N.L. Soni, Chandigarh 600

247. Ms Kaushalya Mehen, Shimla 700

248. Ms Shanti Devi Jund, VPO: Mullanpur Garibdass 600

249. Mr K.S. Aulakh, Chandigarh 500

250. Major Iqbal Singh, Patiala 500

251. Mr Asa Singh, Vill. Paprali Distt. Ropar. 500

252. Mr Ishar Dass, Ludhiana 500

253. Mr Sadhu Ram Verma, Chandigarh 500

254. Mr Bhagwant Singh, Chandigarh 500

255. Mr S.K. Bajaj, Chandigarh 500

256. Mr Antar Singh Sahota, Jalandhar 500

257. Headmaster, Govt. Middle School, Mahindergarh 551

258. S.P. Verma, Panchkula 551

259. Mr J.N. Hastee, Banikhet (Chamba) 550

260. Mr Amarjeet Dhillon, Bhagta BhaiKa (Bhatinda) 525

261. Mr R.P. Kataria, Hamirpur 510

262. Mr Hakam Singh, Chandigarh 501

263. Mr D.D. Joshi, Chandigarh 501

264. Mr Jagdish Chander Virk, Karnal 501

265. Dr Gulshan Ralhan, Ludhiana 500

266. Mr Avinash Chander Sharma, Jalandhar 500

267. Mr Shilpi Goyal, Bhatinda 500

268. Mr Om Parkash Arora, Ambala Cantt 500

269. Mrs Krishana Wanti, Ambala Cantt 500

270. Mr Sanjeev Singh, Hoshiarpur 500

271. Mr Gurbaksh Lal, Chandigarh 500

272. Mr Chander Bhan, Kurukshetra 500

273. Staff of Oriental Bank of Commerce, Dera Bassi 500

274. Ms Sat Pal Kaur, Sarbjit Singh, Nabha 500

275. Mr Harish Gupta, Jagraon 500

276. Mr G.S. Paul, Mohali 500

277. Mr S.P. Jolly, Shimla 500

278. Ms Archana, Pathankot 500

279. Mr Suresh Jethi, Ludhiana 500

280. Ms Anita, Ludhiana 500

281. Mr Rajeev Baijal, Karnal 500

282. Mr Bawa Gurpreet Singh, Chandigarh 500

283. Mr Mohinder Singh, Sujanpur Tira (Hamirpur) 500

284. Mr Anil Sood, Jagraon 500

285. Mr S.K. Sharma, Patiala 500

286. Mr B.R. Deshpandey, Ambala City 500

287. Mr Parshotam Dass Rampal Panchkula 500

288. Mr Mam Raj Singh, V. Landha (Ambala) 500

289. Mr Jagjit Singh Ahluwalia, Mansa 500

290. Mr R.K. Jain, Mohali 500

291. Mr Rakesh Pant, Chandigarh 500

292. Mr Rakesh Gupta, Narwana 500

293. Mr R.S. Dhillon, (Advocate) Kapurthala 500

294. Mr Harish Guleri, Pragpur Distt. Kangra 500

295. Mr B.K. Sood, Panchkula 500

296. Mrs Mohini Bharat Singh. Chandigarh 500

297. Lt. Col. Satjit Singh, Hoshiarpur 500

298. Mr Adesh Kumar Sharma, Karnal 500

299. Subedar Harbant Singh, Nihal Singhwala (Moga) 500

300. Mr V. Verma, Shimla 500

301. Dr Ranvir Singh Chauhan, Pharal (Kaithal) 500

302. Ms Kaushalya Devi, Chandigarh 500

303. Mr Maan Singh, Mohali 500

304. Mr Bhupinder Singh, Patiala 500

305. Mr Pyarey Lal, Indri 500

306. Mr B.S. Bhatia, Mohali 500

Total up to Sr. No. 306: Rs 4,64,823