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Tsunami Relief Effort Update
To All Old Boys' of The Doon School
Gentlemen
I seek to share with you the results of your efforts to assist those affected by the Tsunami, as on date.
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We have shipped over 400,000 liters of clean drinking water to affected persons along the Tamilnadu coast. This is an ongoing effort influenced by fund resources, availability of tankers, and, information of need as advised by the District Magistrates in the area and the Indian Red Cross. On-site coordination is being handled by Ajay Pratap Singh (214H-1966) and his colleagues.
Our collections have exceeded Rs.1.40 million (fourteen lacs) contributed by 92 old boys' and 24 "friends of the Doon School". A complete list of contributors is published on your website, www.dsobs.org, and is updated daily. Also on the home page of the website is a photograph of a water tanker displaying a banner of the school logo and the DSOBS name.
On request received from Mani Shanker Aiyer (55T-1958), Cabinet Minister in the Government of India and Member of Parliament from Mayiladuturai, Tamilnadu (located in the North Nagapattinam District and amongst the worst-affected mainland constituency), Ranjan Bhalla (368J-1972) Executive Committee member of the DSOBS, flew down to Chennai to meet with him and his colleagues from the constituency to identify areas of assistance. Accompanying Ranjan was Gautam Khanna (897K-1982), Managing Director of Pentair Water Systems Ltd. who has expressed interest to install water treatment plants which would supply clean drinking water. The outcome has been that Pentair will work together with Mani Shanker Aiyer's team to survey the area and ascertain the feasibility of installing water treatment plants as appropriate which will offer long term relief to the residents of the impacted villages.
While in Chennai, Ranjan Bhalla also made contact with A.Vellayan (87T-1968) whose organization, the Murugappa Group of companies has factories along the Tamilnadu coast, and has introduced Pentair Water Systems to study the feasibility of installing a water treatment plant in one of the towns where the Murugappa Group has existing resources. This would be useful as, subsequent to installation, they can manage and maintain the plant.
A truck load of relief material including clothes and dry rations has been dispatched by rail to Chennai for distribution to the needy.
Our efforts to ship water to the Andaman Islands had to be aborted due lack of tanker space to carry the water and change of priorities as advised by the Government's National Disaster Management Cell officials.
Thank you for your support. Your messages of acknowledgement and encouragement, contributions and support, truly reflect the DOSCO spirit which has always inculcated a sense of public service.
May I request you please share this "update" with as many old boys' with whom you have contact - we have some 1500 email addresses on record (out of a total of more than 4000 old boys') and would appreciate your assistance to substantially increase this number so we can share information effectively and cost efficiently. Old boys' can register online on your website, www.dsobs.org.
Best regards,
Gautam Chadha
Vice President
Doon School Old Boys' Society,
New Delhi, India
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