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

866. R.S. Ghumman, Chandigarh 51000

867. Staff & Students of Dasmesh Public High School, Mansa 11500

868. Brahma Nand Pandit, Dumewal 5100

869. Members of Adarsh Nagar Welfare Asso.,(regd) Naya Gaon 5100

870. Mrs Chand Bakshi, Khanna 5000

871. Krishan Baldev Sharma, Faridkot 5000

872. Shri Baba Mastnath Institute of Management Studies & Research, Rohtak 4500

873. Dr B.R. Mittal, PGIMER 3000

874. Dr Sukhminder Kaur, Chd. 3000

875. Bajaj Biradari, Karnal 2550

876. Krishan Kant Aggarwal, Karnal 2500

877. Anil Kumar, Bathinda 2500

878. Pioneer Sports Works Pvt. Ltd. Jalandhar 2500

879. Dr Satish Kumar Verma, Patiala 4500

880. Sunil and Anand with college of Ag. Kaul, Kaithal 2200

881. Shiv Raj Singh Bhadana, Kala Amb 2100

882. Inder Kiran Singla, Dharamgarh 2100

883. Dr Naresh Goel, Barnala 2100

884. Ms Modern Pesticires Supply (P) Ltd., Chandigarh 2100

885. S.N. Nayyar, Panchkula 2000

886. Sudershan Kumar, Chd 2000

887. Mrs & Mr S.S. Cheema, Mohali 2000

888. Lt. Col. (retd) M.S. Dhaliwal, Chandigarh 2000

889. Dr Susheel Mohindru, Amritsar 2000

890. Subhash Dandona, Amritsar 2000

891. S.L. Kapur, Jalandhar 2000

892. Devinder Singh Grewal, Ludhiana 2000

893. Village Panchayat, Phulpur 1505

894. Phunchog Dolma, Kullu 1500

895. Sanjeev Kumar, Ludhiana 1300

896. Teachers & Students of Govt. High School, Baloki 1300

897. DE. R.C. Jaggi, Palampur 1251

898. Aabhish Jain, Sonepat 1100

899. Dr R.N. Kundu, Panchkula 1100

900. Ms K.C. International, Chd. 1100

901. Govinder Singh Butter, Tihara 1100

902. Naresh C. Mohindra, Ludhiana 1100

903. Dalip Singh Dahiya, Sonepat 1100

904. Dr R.N. Arora, Chandigarh 1100

905. Mrs Chander Kanta Khanna, Ferozepur Cantt. 1100

906. D.D. Ghai, Mohali 1100

907. Madhan Gupta, Jagadhri 1100

908. M.K. Sachdeva, Delhi 1100

909. Dr Mrs Shobha Sehgal, Chd. 1100

910. Ram Parkash Maken, Karnal 1100

911. Arun Kumar Malhotra, Ludhiana 1100

912. Kishan Singh Bhatti, Jalandhar 1100

913. V.K. Choudhary, Karnal 1100

914. Satyawati Jerath, Chandigarh 1100

915. Hans Raj Wadhwa, Chandigarh 1000

916. Mrs &Mr Madan Mohan Sirkak, Chandigarh 1000

917. Darshan Kumar, Chandiarh 1000

918. Sukhminder Singh, Patiala 1000

919. Krishna Dhir, Panchkula 1000

920. Ashwani Kumar, Dhundwa Kole Khan 1000

921. Govt Primary School, Gari Rofan, Pehowa-II 1015

922. Kirpal Singh Kanddhar, Panchkula 1000

923. Pastor Jarnail Masih, Ludhiana 1000

924. Ambassador Electros, Ludhiana 1000

925. Brig. R.K. Gupta Co 56 APO 1000

926. Mrs Raj Narula, Ludhiana 1000

927. K.D. Minhas, Amritsar 1000

928. Er. P.K. Jain, Patiala 1000

929. C.K. Sawhney, Chandigarh 1000

930. Meera Walia, Dharamsala 1000

931. Arvind Kalra, Karnal 1000

932. Amit Mudgal, Karnal 1000

933. Dr G.C. Bansal, Chandigarh 1000

934. Dr R.N. Singh, Karnal 1000

935. Gungun Rajiv Luniyal, Karnal 1000

936. Lt. Col. A.L. Abrol, Palampur 1000

937. Lt. Col. K.D. Singh, Chandigarh 1000

938. Prof Kanwal Kant Sharma, Ispur 1000

939. Madhu Nagpal, Karnal 1000

940. Jagdish Rattan, Kapurthala 500

941. Dr Neelam Mahajan, Dharamsala 500

942. Dharam Parkash Gupta, Rohtak 500

943. Col. Kishan Chand (retd), Hamirpur 500

944. Nishan Singh Jaswal, Bham 500

945. Sita Ram Nayar, Panchkula 500

946. I.J. Chaudhary, Ludhiana 500

947. A.K. Sabharwal, Ludhiana 500

948. Udai Kumar, Chandigarh 500

949. B.R. Kher, Ambala city 500

950. Ashima Sethi, Panchkula 500

951. Kuldeep Singh, SAS Nagar 500

952. Bharat Bhushan, Patiala 500

953. Dr Lakshvir, Ludhiana 500

954. K.B. Guglani, Gurgaon 500

955. S.K. Budhiraja, Chandigarh 500

956. R.C. Goel, Chandigarh 500

957. R.C. Bector, Panchkula 500

958. Mrs Ranjit Kaur, Batala 500

959. Dr Monita Ahuja, Ludhiana 500

960. Mehar Singh, Sanghol 500

961. Vinod Kumar, Chandigarh 500

962. Dr P.C. Dogra, Jammu Tawi 500

963. Didar Singh, Chandigarh 500

964. P.L. Ahuja, Hissar 500

965. Lalit Dhingra, SAS Nagar 500

966. Balwinder Kumar, Mohali 500

967. Prithi Singh, Chandigarh 500

968. Greets Dream Den, Chandigarh 500

969. Shanti Studio, Panchkula 500

970. Neeraj Kumar, Chandigarh 500

971. Mrs Nirmal Verma, Panchkula 500

972. Ashok Kumar, Ludhiana 501

973. Vikas Kumar Bhardwaj, Shimla 501

974. Charanjit Singh, Ropar 500

975. Hony. Capt. S.S. Parmar, Jalandhar 500

976. P.N. Doda, Abohar 500

977. M.S. Chhatwal, Ludhiana 500

978. Satish Kumar Kapoor, Ludhiana 500

979. A.K. Gulati & Shaurya Gulati Shimla 500

980. Dev Datt Prem, Nangal Township 501

981. Ram Kishan, Naya Nagal 500

982. J.P. Pandey, Hissar 502

983. P.S. Justa, Shimla 501

984. Brij Bhushan Saini, Gurdaspur 500

985. Mehima Devi, Lajwana Kalan 500

986. Arya Istri Samaj, Ambala Cantt 500

Senior Citizens Welfare Association (Regd) Patiala

987. Major Balwant Singh 5000

988. S.S. Sharma 2000

989. Gain Chand Verma 1000

990. K.L. Gupta 500

991. Gurdeep Singh Lehal 500

992. Major Parduman Singh 500

993. Brig Sukhdev Singh 500

994. Mehar Singh Sahota 500

995. Balwant Singh DMT 500

996. Er. S.P. Bhatia 500

997. Prof O.P. Bhardwaj 500

998. B.K. Kapoor 500

999. T.R. Behal 500

1000. Manohar Singh Chahl 500

1001. Col. K.S. Sandhu 500

1002. Others below Rs 500- 7000

Total up to Sr. No 1002: Rs 16,67,179 + $ 138.65