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 fifth list of our readers’ contributions for the Orissa Chief Minister’s relief fund: (S. No.; Donors’ name; Amount)

483. District Bar Association, Kurukshetra 22700

484. Mr K.K. Puri, Gurdaspur 20000

485. Staff & Students of St. Edward’s School, Shimla 18300

486. Baba Gandha Singh Public School, Barnala (Sangrur) 15060

487. Staff & Students of Model Public Sr. Sec. School, Samana (Patiala) 15000

488. Staff of Radha Krishan Santan Dharam College, Kaithal 11000

489. Lions Club, Goraya 10000

490. Mr S.N. Kochhar, Ludhiana 10000

491. Mr Karam Chand Saini, Narkanda (Shimla) 1111

492. Ms Satya Sharma, Rampuraphul 1100

493. Ms Santosh Sahgal, Rohtak 1100

494. Ms Lajyawati Sahgal, Rohtak 1100

495. Mr Varjit Padda, Pathankot 1100

496. Mr Brij Mohan Sharma, Ambala City 1100

497. M/s Mansukh Ram Bansi Lal Mahajan, Jahu (Hamirpur) 1100

498. M/s Hind Trading Co., Banur (Patiala) 1100

499. Mr Gurmeet Singh, Chandigarh 1100

500. Mr T.R. Sharma, Bhiwani 1100

501. Mr N.C. Gupta, Ludhiana 1100

502. Mr Naveen Kumar, Faridabad 1100

503. Maj Gurdial Singh (Retd), 1000

V. Kokri Butteran (Ferozepur)

504. Mr Siri Ram Saihgal, Panchkula 1000

505. Ms Ramesh Rani & Ms Sunita Sachdeva, Shimla 1200

506. Mr R.P. Aggarwal, Chandigarh 1000

507. Maj Hukum Chand (Retd), Ambala Cantt. 1000

508. Er Onkar Sharma, Mandi 1000

509. Dr W.D. Kain, Panchkula 1000

510. Mr Balbir Singh Nagra, Makhu 1000

511. Mr Rajinder Bhatia, Chandigarh 1000

512. Dr Ram Gopal Sood, Shimla 1000

513. Ms Nandita Nanda, Jalandhar Cantt. 1000

514. Mr A. Balasubramanian, Chd. 1001

515. Mr R.C. Pal Singh, Shimla 1000

516. Mr K. K. Mitra, Shimla 1000

517. Mr Virendra Sharma, Chd. 1000

518. Mr J.K. Dhir, Patiala 1000

519. Mr S. Lal Sharma, Namhol (Bilaspur) 1000

520. Mr Mohinder Singh, Amritsar 1000

521. Mr Manmohan Singh Chahal, Patiala 1000

522. Ms Prem Lata Yadav, Hisar 1000

523. Wg. Cdr. H.S. Gill (Retd), Ludhiana 1000

524. Dr K.S. Kajal, Faridkot 1000

525. Dr Yashpaul Arora, Bathinda 1000

526. Lt. Col. G.S. Dhillon (Retd), Panchkula 1000

527. Ms Rajni Kharbanda, Amritsar 1000

528. Mr Mangal Singh Thakur, V. Tikkar (Bilaspur) 1000

529. Mr B.S. Saini, Patiala 1000

530. Mr P.D. Jindal, Patiala 1000

531. Ms Daljit Kaur, Ludhiana 1000

532. Gupt Donation, Ludhiana 1000

533. Mr Satnam Singh, Mohali 1000

534. Mr Sushil Kumar, Rohtak 1000

535. Ms Anju Mona Thapar, Ludhiana 1000

536. Dr Ravinder Singh, Jalandhar 1000

537. Smt Santosh Prem Nath Saini, Ferozepur City 1000

538. Mr Surendra Kishore, Nahan 1000

539. M/s Dhaula Dhar Bus Service, Maranda (Kangra) 1000

540. Mr Jagdish Chander Beri, Moga 1000

541. Mr Inderjit Singh Pappu, Ludhiana 1000

542. Mr Harsh Vardhan Singh Tyagi, Moga 1000

543. Mr B.K. Shahi, Ludhiana 1000

544. Mr Devi Dyal Sharma, Amritsar 1000

545. Istri Sang Sabha, Manchester 1000

546. Maj Dalip Singh, Chandigarh 1000

547. Mr Ajay Pal Singh Brar, Faridkot 1000

548. Mr J.K. Dixit, Hoshiarpur 1000

549. Mr Balwant Singh Chauhan, Karnal 1100

550. Mr Nand Lal, Ludhiana 1000

551. Mr Dharam Pal, Ludhiana 1000

552. Mr Jagdish Chandra Sud, V. Pathiar (Kangra) 1001

553. Shivalik Yougth Club, Mehamdwal (Hoshiarpur) 1000

554. Ms Asha Rani, Sangrur 1000

555. Mr Abhinandan Bansal, Sangrur 800

556. Mr Kidar Nath, Panchkula 700

557. Mr Kishan Chand, Jalandhar 600

558. M/s Janta Pustkalya, Bawal (Mahindergarh) 600

559. Ms Nisha Sharma, Julana 551

560. Mr H.S. Nama, Chandigarh 500

561. Ms Surjit Kaur Nama, Chd. 500

562. Mr Dalip Kumar, Faridabad 500

563. Mr Yodhraj Sharma, Mohali 500

564. Mr S.N. Bali, Faridkot 500

565. Dr S. Mittra, Palampur 500

566. Mother Teacher Association, Rajgarh (Sirmour) 500

567. Mr Des Raj Sharma, Mehatpur 500

568. Maj G.S. Bhatia (Retd), Ludhiana 500

569. Mr Jai Parkash Makhijani, Amritsar 500

570. Mr Vipul Majeji, Calcutta 500

571. Ms Vrinda Majeji, Calcutta 500

572. Mintri Family, Amritsar 500

573. Gram Panchayat, Dharampur (Solan) 500

574. Ms Himani Sarad, Sangrur 500

575. Mr R.P. Kundra, Panchkula 500

576. Mr Gian Chand Kaushal, Mehri Kathla (Bilaspur) 500

577. Mr H.C. Gulati, Amritsar 500

578. Mr Dalip Singh, Dehra Gopipur (Kangra) 501

579. Mr R.L. Bhargava, Hoshiarpur 500

580. Ms Damyanti Kapoor, Mandi 500

581. Dr P.H. Gangopadhyay, Palampur 500

582. Mr Jogesh Sharma, Chandigarh 500

583. Maj S.V. Murthy, Bhatinda 501

584. Mr Khem Singh Gill, Moga 500

585. Gupt Donation, Chandigarh 500

586. Mr Anil Sood, Patiala 500

587. Ms Vandana, Manoj Kumar, Amritsar 500

588. Mr L.R. Singhal, Ambala Cantt. 500

589. Mr Har Gopal Khosla, Mohali 500

590. Master Jayant Chaudhry, Faridkot Cantt. 500

591. Dr R.S. Rai, Sangrur 500

592. Mr J.S. Chandhok, Patiala 500

593. Smt Prem Sur, Chandigarh 500

594. Dr Aruna Bajaj, Sirsa 501

595. Ms S. Vaishnavi, Bhatinda 500

596. Mr R.K. Gupta, Kurali 500

597. Mr Harcharan Singh, Chandigarh 500

598. Mr Saurabh Gupta, Chandigarh 500

599. Mr Sunil Dhawan, Patiala 500

600. Mr Tejinder Pal Singh, Abohar 500

601. Mr Nandan Singh Rautella, Bartana 500

602. Mr Gurdial Singh Ahluwalia, Patiala 500

603. Mr Kanwarjit Duggal, Tohana 500

604. Mr Rajinder Singh Walia, Ambala City 500

605. Mr J.R. Sandal, Ambala City 500

606. Sqn. Ldr. K. Singh (Retd), Kurukshetra 500

607. Mr Upinder Singh, Patiala 500

608. Dr Veena Dadwal, Panchkula 500

609. Mrs J. Dhaliwal, Subathu Cantt. 500

610. Dr Anuradha, Karnal 500

611. Dr Anand Dev Verma, Khanna 500

612. Ms Isha & Prithvi Jaswal, Amb (Una) 500

613. Mr Gaurav Sood, Kassauli 500

614. Ms Santosh Setia, Chandigarh 501

615. Mr Inder Singh, V. Uchana Khurd (Jind) 501

616. Mr Ishwar Chand Bagheja, Balachaur 500

617. Mr A.K. Kaul, Chandigarh 500

618. Mr K.L. Arora, Chandigarh 500

619. Mr Varinder Kumar, Chandigarh 500

620. Mr M.R. Gaba, Chandigarh 500

621. Ms Sheela Devi Nayyar, Amritsar 500

622. Dr Vinod Kumar, Amritsar 500

623. Ms Harjinder Kaur, Ahmedgarh (Sangrur) 500

624. Mr S.N. Moti, Chandigarh 500

625. Mr Teja Singh, V. Palmajra, (Ludhiana) 500

626. Mr Harinder S. Grewal, Ludhiana 500

627. Mr Jagdish Bector, Panchkula 500

628. Mr N.S. Birdie, Mohali 500

629. Mr Ramesh Sharma, Talwandi Bhai (Ferozepur) 500

630. Mr Girdhari Lal Nagpal, Fazilka 500

631. Dr Sunil K. Mainra, Faridkot 500

632. Mr Sat Parkash Gautam, Hoshiarpur 500

633. Mr D.R. Khanna, Chandigarh 500

Total up to Sr. No. 633: 10,03,742 + $ 138.65