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 contributors

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

307. Ms Rita Saksena, Chandigarh 20000

308. M/s Star Advertising Pvt. Ltd. Chandigarh. 10000

309. Students & Staff of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Arya Mahila College, Barnala. 7000

310. Mr Devindra Singh Pannu, Chd. 5000

311. Mr Sunil Kundu, Panchkula. 5000

312. Mr S.K. Khanna, Ambala City. 5000

313. Mr Surinder Dhar & Friends, Mohali 3600

314. Mr Inder Narain Kakar, Panchkula 3000

315. Mr Sudesh Kumar Chhabra, Chd. 2500

316. Mr Gurtej Singh, Patiala 2100

317. Children of All India Pingalwara Charitable Society, Amritsar. 2115

318. Indermanjot Singh, Taran Singh, Narinder Singh & Karanbir Singh (children), Amritsar. 2000

319. Mr Sham Lal Bansal, Nabha 2100

320. Dr Harpal Singh, Amritsar 2000

321. Mr Swarn Singh Mann, Mohali 2000

322. Mr Swami Vidhya Nand, Anandpur Sahib, 2000

323. Mr Parduman Singh Bedi, Chd. 2000

324. Teacher & Students of Manav Mangal School, Panchkula, 1650

325. Ms Usha Dhatt, Jalandhar 1500

326. Gupt Donation, Jalandhar 1500

327. Mr R.K. Sapra, Malerkotla 1500

328. Dr Bhushan Lal Sharma, Phagwara, 1500

329. Mr J.M. Mehta, Panchkula. 1500

330. Staff Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Toda, Panchkula, 1190

331. M/s Fancy Churi Store, Chd. 1101

332. Ms Usha Sharma, Panchkula 1100

333. Ms Uma Sharma, Panchkula 1100

334. Sri Sathya Sai Seva Samithi, Barnala, 1100

335. Mr M.S. Tuli, Chandigarh 1100

336. Mr Ajit Singh, Chandigarh 1100

337. Mr Hem Raj Goyal, Sunam

338. Staff Punjab & Sind Bank, Sunam 1100

339. Mistri Gurcharan Singh, Nurpur Bedi (Ropar), 1100

340. Mr Pritam Kumar, Panchkula 1100

341. Dr R.K. Jindal, Patiala 1001

342. Capt B.R. Bakshi, Yamuna Ngr. 1001

343. Dr K.C. Thakur, Hoshiarpur 1000

344. Mr Upkar Singh, Patiala 1000

345. Mr Pritam Chand Stokes, Shimla 2000

346. Mr R.S.S. Chauhan, Shimla 1000

347. Ms Punam Mahajan, Chandigarh 1000

348. Mr G.L. Gomber, Jagadhri 1000

349. Mr Jyoti S. Das, Chandigarh 1000

350. Dr A.K. Talwar, Panchkula 1000

351. M/s United Traders, Lalru 1000

352. Mr G.K. Chopra, Chandigarh 1000

353. Dr (Brig) M.L. Kataria, Chd. 1000

354. Mr K.V. Dharmani, Jalandhar 1000

355. Mr M.P. Jain, IAS (Retd), Chandigarh, 1000

356. Mr Sukhdev Raj Dogra, Pkt. 551

357. Mr Sadhu Singh Virdi, Chandigarh 501

358. In the memory of Late Smt Sudarshana Bansal, Nabha, 501

359. Mr D.K. Sukhija, Hoshiarpur 501

360. M/s Sundeep Chemicals & Fertilizers, Barotiwala (HP) 501

361. Dr D.C. Verma, Panchkula 501

362. Shifali Mittal & Deval Mittal, Panchkula, 500

363. Mr H.K.L. Sachdeva, Chandigarh 500

364. Sub. (Retd.) R.P. Sharma, Dehra Dun, 500

365. Dr D.R. Sethi, Chandigarh 500

366. Mr Ved Parkash Bhasin, Karnal 500

367. Mr H.S. Sahni, Mohali 500

368. Mr Tejinder Singh Saini, Mohali 500

369. Mr Harnam Singh Woodwall, Mohali, 500

370. Mr H.S. Dhaliwal, Chandigarh 500

371. Mrs Ritu Aggarwal, Jalandhar 500

372. Ms Usha Rani, Mohali 500

373. Dr R.M. Sharma, Mohali 500

374. Ms Minaly Garg, Panchkula 500

375. Mr Nitin, Panchkula 500

376. Sh Inder Nath Gulati, Chandigarh 500

377. Mr Jasbir Singh Sidhu, Mohali 500

378. M/s D.M. Associates, Chandigarh 500

379. Mr Brij Lal Taneja, Panipat 500

380. Mr H.S. Baweja, Patiala 500

381. Mr Sarv Dayal, Chandigarh 500

Total up to Sr No 381 5,92,637