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

634. Mr Neeraj Goenka, Ludhiana 30000

635. Members of Indian Dental Association, Rohtak 10000

636. Mr S.K. Sharma, Ludhiana 5100

637. Mr H.K. Nijhawan, Chandigarh 6000

638. Sardarni Pritam Kaur & Sardar Mela Singh Charitable Trust, Chandigarh 5100

639. Mr Lal Chand, Faridkot 5100

640. Mr Avtar Singh Munder, Bathinda 5100

641. Sadhak Mandal, Karnal 5100

642. S.S. Adhunik Pathshala, Sonepat 5100

643. Hotel Combermere, Shimla 5000

644. Mr Ajit Saini, USA 5000

645. Dr Romi Nijhawan, Chandigarh 5000

646. Punjab Istri Sabha Relief Trust, Chheharta 5000

647. Dr N. D. Aggarwal, Patiala 5000

648. Mr Jagdish Singh Sareen, Ludhiana 5000

649. Dr S.K. Dhir, Panchkula 5000

650. Mr Jagmohan Singh Palta, Chandigarh 5000

651. Mr Vishal Singh, Chandigarh 5000

652. Ms Janak Trehan, Ludhiana 5000

653. Mr Manjot Purewal, Dharampur 5000

654. Dr Preetam Singh, Amritsar 5000

655. Baba Dayal Singh, Phillaur 5000

656. Ms Kaushalya Gupta, Sirsa 5000

657. Mr Mela Ram Bhalla, Ambala City 5000

658. Gupt donation, Ludhiana 5000

659. Dr Manmohan Singh Dhaliwal, Moga 5000

660. Dr Balbir Kaur Dhaliwal, Moga 5000

661. Dr Rupinder Dhaliwal, Moga 5000

662. Gulvin Dhaliwal, Moga 2500

663. Ashvin Dhaliwal, Moga 2500

664. Dr P.S. Chanana, Patiala 1000

665. Lt-Col S.S. Mankotia, Palampur 1000

666. Mr Raj Vir Garg, Panchkula 1000

667. Mr C.R. Kalra, Naraingarh 1000

668. Capt. Inder Jit Sareen, Nawanshahr 1000

669. Wg Cdr H.S. Dhaliwal, Chandigarh 1000

670. Ms Raj Laxshmi Ummat, Panchkula 1000

671. Mr Avtar Singh Tiwana, Sirhind 1000

672. Mr Mohinder Singh Sethi, Patiala 1000

673. Dr M.M. Gupta, Patiala 1000

674. Mr Manoj Panda, Nalagarh 1000

675. Dr Geeta Verma, Amritsar 1000

676. Mr Faqir Chand Sharma, Faridkot 1000

677. Mr Sarup Singh, Mohali 1000

678. Mr Raghubir Chand Sharma, Patiala 1000

679. Mr Subhash Chander Anand, Ambala Cantt 1000

680. Lt Cdr Bal Ram (Retd), Jhajjar 1000

681. Lt Col Surinder Gupta, Jalandhar Cantt 1000

682. Mr Rikhi Ram Raj Rani, Sirhand Mandi 1000

683. Mr Ashoka Nirdosh, Chandigarh 1000

684. Mr Tara Chand, Chandigarh 1000

685. Mr M.K. Ahluwalia, Chandigarh 1000

686. Ms Sonia Bazarm, Sunam 1000

687. Ms Ritu Maddan, Ludhiana 1000

688. Mr Pran Nath Handa, Ambala City 1000

689. Dr Dilbagh Rai, Una 1000

690. Mr Sohan Lal, Morinda 1000

691. Mr Fateh Singh, Patiala 1000

692. Mr Krishan Lal Malhotra, Ludhiana 1000

693. Mr Raj Kumar Sharma, Panipat 1000

694. Dr H.D. Gupta, Chandigarh 1000

695. Dr D.C. Aggarwal, Amritsar 1000

696. Mr I.N.S. Bholla, Jalandhar 1000

697. Mr Kishan Chand Premi, Amritsar 1000

698. Mr G.S. Piplani, Chandigarh 1000

699. M/s Sunrise Resistoweld Equipments, Ludhiana 1000

700. Mr Hari Om, Gohana 1000

701. Mr Dalip Singh Juneja, Mohali 1000

702. Ms Lily Samuel, Chandigarh 1000

703. M/s Jindal Ices’ Cold Storage, Nabha 1000

704. Ms Neera Malhotra, Ludhiana 1000

705. Col Bhupinder Singh, Hoshiarpur 1000

706. Mr Prabhakar Jagid, Bhiwani 1000

707. Mr Rahul Chillar, Baddi (Solan) 1000

708. Mr O.P. Saini, Chandigarh 1000

709. Mr Harsarup Angrish, Khanna 1000

710. Maj B.S. Sandhu, Chandigarh 1000

711. Mr Sampuran Singh, Ludhiana 800

712. Govt. Middle School, Sirsma 600

713. Mr Suksham Sharma, Panchkula 600

714. Capt Hargiyan Singh, Ambala City 600

715. Adarsh High School, Sonepat 505

716. Mr Lajpat Arora, Kurukshetra 501

717. Mr Lajpat Rai Khanna, Ludiana 500

718. Mr Kamlesh Gupta, Patiala 500

719. Mr R.N. Makhija, Parwanoo 500

720. Mr Kundan Lall Batra, Ambala City 500

721. Maj R. Balaji, c/o 56 APO 500

722. Mr Devinder Kumar, Rajpura 500

723. Er. A.K. Bansal, Karnal 500

724. Mr Prabhjot Kanwal, Mohali 500

725. Mr Sandeep Arora, Kalka 500

726. Ms Pushp Lata Dosaj, Shimla 500

727. Mr Kuldeep Sheoran, Kaithal 500

728. Mr Deep Bhalla, Hisar 500

729. Mr Vipin K. Sharma, Sungra, Kinnaur 500

730. Mr Pyra Singh, Patiala 500

731. Mr P.S. Verma, Shimla 500

732. Group Capt Satish Chand (Retd), Chandigarh 500

733. Mr R.P. Sharma, Ludhiana 500

734. Mr Surinder Kumar, Patiala 500

735. Ms Shanta Lal & Dr K.S. Lal, Chandigarh 500

736. Mr Roshan Lal Malhotra, Rajpura 500

737. Dr Jagdish Raj, Dhuri 500

738. Mr Sonia Abrol, Kapurthala 500

739. Mr Satya Dev Sharma, Ludhiana 500

740. Mr Santokh Singh, Jalandhar 500

741. Mr Parmod Kaushik, Jalandhar 500

742. Dr Manu Tandan, Shimla 500

743. D. Kumar, Monika Kuma, Chd 500

740. Sameer Goel, Chandigarh 500

Total up to Sr. No 744

Rs. 12,44,948 + $ 138.65