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DEATHQUAKE;
GOOD SAMARITANS
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| Donated
clothes pile up at the Gujarat Samaj in Delhi |
DELHI
Call
of Community
When
news of the quake hit the residents of Gujarat Apartments in Pitampura,
Delhi, the initial panic quickly gave way to organised relief work. Bharat
Shah, honorary general secretary of the 100-year-old Shree Delhi Gujarati
Samaj Public Trust, managed to rake in substantial relief material - including
food items like thepalas and rotis - from the over 20,000 Gujarati families
in the capital and has already begun dispatching it. Meanwhile, the telephone
has not stopped ringing at the Samaj, which has been inundated with donations
in the form of food, cash and clothes "even from non-Gujarati communities".
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| Patel(centre)
with the Parivar volunteers |
BHUJ
Feeding
Hope
For the hapless quake-stricken victims of Bhuj, the Gayatri Parivar couldn't
have arrived a minute too soon. Led by Jayanti Bhai Patel, the Hardwar-based
group has been supplying round-the-clock relief in the form of food, water,
tea, bedding and blankets to the survivors. What began as an exercise
for the victims soon encompassed aid workers, armymen and government officials,
scribes and medical teams, even passing motorists. With not even a tea-stall
having escaped the quake, the food being distributed by the pack of spirited
Parivar volunteers has indeed been a godsend.
BANGALORE
Driven by Faith
Ramiah
Ramchandra is 72. He is also a former United Nations official and an ardent
ham radio operator from Bangalore. Post-quake, Ramchandra has decided
to drive his Toyota Qualis all the way to Bhuj, 1,700 km away. With the
300 kg of equipment he is carrying with him, he plans to set up a temporary
earth station. "A top priority is to establish a communication link
between Bhuj and Bangalore," says Ramchandra.
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