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Tsunami toll in TN, Pondy touches 7,000
December 29, 2004 16:42 IST
The tsunamis that lashed the eastern and southern coastal areas of the country on Sunday have so far left about 7,000 dead in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.
The toll is expected to rise.
Tsunami death toll in Asia touches 60,000. In Nagapattinam, the worst affected district, 4,900 bodies 2,400 in Nagapattinam town, 1,500 in Velankanni and 1,000 in other places - have been buried so far, Thanjavur Red Cross District Secretary
Raj Manohar told PTI. In Cuddalore, 500 deaths were reported, while at Kalpakkam the toll was put at 100. In Pondicherry, 500, including 400 at Karaikal, were said to be dead.
Who will distribute the aid pouring in? Kanyakumari accounted for 800 deaths, while in Chennai the tsunamis claimed 200 lives. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu administration on Wednesday stepped up efforts to prevent outbreak of epidemic and speed up rehabilitation work In Nagapattinam, the Red Cross and health department authorities have started inoculating people as a preventive measure.
Aussie cricketers donate prize money Over 500 have been admitted to 3 government hospitals in the district, a report said. Medical teams are working round-the-clock to provide relief in the affected areas. The Indian Army, Navy and Air Force personnel are also lending a helping hand.
Reports from Kanyakumari, Cuddalore and Nagapattinam said volunteers belonging to various organisations, including the Red Cross and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh, were helping the administration in relief and rescue work.
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[B]RSS swayamsevaks running relief camps; a team of 14 doctors, 20 truckloads of relief materials sent from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi, Dec. 29 (PTI): The RSS has sought reports from its units in the southern States where tsunami had killed thousands of people and hit the lives of fishermen, so that it could further streamline the ongoing relief activities being carried on by its swayam sevaks.
"We have asked for reports from the all the affected States including our unit in Andaman and Nicobar so that we can further streamline our relief and rehabilitation measures in these areas," RSS spokesman Ram Madhav, told reporters here today.
"As it is difficult for one organisation to handle the entire relief operations, the Sangh, therefore, decided to carry out relief activities in the affected areas. We are also taking steps to provide assistance to the fishermen who have lost their boats and thus, the very source of their livelihood," he said.
The RSS plans to make Chennai its headquarters and from there extend help to all the affected persons, including those in Andaman and Nicobar islands, he said.
Madhav said 20 truckloads of relief material has been sent from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu as also a team of 14 doctors while in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, swayam sevaks were running relief camps. He appealed to the people to contribute towards the
relief fund launched by Seva Bharathi Tamil Nadu.
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Clothes, food, money: BJP, RSS set out on collection drive THE BJP and RSS in Gujarat on Tuesday announced elaborate plans to gather from every corner of the state relief material and funds for the tsunami-hit victims of south India.
In separate news conferences, both organisations refrained from criticising the UPA government in its response to the calamity and the ongoing relief work carried out by it. Both RSS Gujarat sangh-chalak Amritbhai Kadiwala and BJP State president
Rajendrasinh Rana said the relief operations by the Central government were ''going fine''.
Kadiwala said over 2,000 RSS workers from south India were engaged in relief operations in affected areas in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Nicobar islands. ''We in Gujarat have started collection of clothes, food material and money for the relief work. Swayamsevaks across Gujarat have started collecting aid from citizens,''
he said.
RSS-affiliated Seva Samiti Trust leader Vallabhbhai Saholia has donated Rs 50,000 for relief work, said Kadiwala. He said swayamsevaks in all 1,200 shakhas in Gujarat would be visiting main squares in all major cities and towns of the state to collect relief material.
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Tsunami toll in TN, Pondy touches 7,000
December 29, 2004 16:42 IST
The tsunamis that lashed the eastern and southern coastal areas of the country on Sunday have so far left about 7,000 dead in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.
The toll is expected to rise.
Tsunami death toll in Asia touches 60,000. In Nagapattinam, the worst affected district, 4,900 bodies 2,400 in Nagapattinam town, 1,500 in Velankanni and 1,000 in other places - have been buried so far, Thanjavur Red Cross District Secretary
Raj Manohar told PTI. In Cuddalore, 500 deaths were reported, while at Kalpakkam the toll was put at 100. In Pondicherry, 500, including 400 at Karaikal, were said to be dead.
Who will distribute the aid pouring in? Kanyakumari accounted for 800 deaths, while in Chennai the tsunamis claimed 200 lives. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu administration on Wednesday stepped up efforts to prevent outbreak of epidemic and speed up rehabilitation work In Nagapattinam, the Red Cross and health department authorities have started inoculating people as a preventive measure.
Aussie cricketers donate prize money Over 500 have been admitted to 3 government hospitals in the district, a report said. Medical teams are working round-the-clock to provide relief in the affected areas. The Indian Army, Navy and Air Force personnel are also lending a helping hand.
Reports from Kanyakumari, Cuddalore and Nagapattinam said volunteers belonging to various organisations, including the Red Cross and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh, were helping the administration in relief and rescue work.
http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/dec/29tn3.htm
[B]RSS swayamsevaks running relief camps; a team of 14 doctors, 20 truckloads of relief materials sent from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi, Dec. 29 (PTI): The RSS has sought reports from its units in the southern States where tsunami had killed thousands of people and hit the lives of fishermen, so that it could further streamline the ongoing relief activities being carried on by its swayam sevaks.
"We have asked for reports from the all the affected States including our unit in Andaman and Nicobar so that we can further streamline our relief and rehabilitation measures in these areas," RSS spokesman Ram Madhav, told reporters here today.
"As it is difficult for one organisation to handle the entire relief operations, the Sangh, therefore, decided to carry out relief activities in the affected areas. We are also taking steps to provide assistance to the fishermen who have lost their boats and thus, the very source of their livelihood," he said.
The RSS plans to make Chennai its headquarters and from there extend help to all the affected persons, including those in Andaman and Nicobar islands, he said.
Madhav said 20 truckloads of relief material has been sent from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu as also a team of 14 doctors while in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, swayam sevaks were running relief camps. He appealed to the people to contribute towards the
relief fund launched by Seva Bharathi Tamil Nadu.
[c]http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200412291825.htm
Clothes, food, money: BJP, RSS set out on collection drive THE BJP and RSS in Gujarat on Tuesday announced elaborate plans to gather from every corner of the state relief material and funds for the tsunami-hit victims of south India.
In separate news conferences, both organisations refrained from criticising the UPA government in its response to the calamity and the ongoing relief work carried out by it. Both RSS Gujarat sangh-chalak Amritbhai Kadiwala and BJP State president
Rajendrasinh Rana said the relief operations by the Central government were ''going fine''.
Kadiwala said over 2,000 RSS workers from south India were engaged in relief operations in affected areas in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Nicobar islands. ''We in Gujarat have started collection of clothes, food material and money for the relief work. Swayamsevaks across Gujarat have started collecting aid from citizens,''
he said.
RSS-affiliated Seva Samiti Trust leader Vallabhbhai Saholia has donated Rs 50,000 for relief work, said Kadiwala. He said swayamsevaks in all 1,200 shakhas in Gujarat would be visiting main squares in all major cities and towns of the state to collect relief material.
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