From: IDRF HQ <idrfhq@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:56 AM
Subject: IDRF - ANDHRA PRADESH & KARNATAKA FLOODS APPEAL 2009
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ANDHRA PRADESH & KARNATAKA FLOODS APPEAL 2009
Government declared Flood Devastation as National Calamity
Rain and flash floods considered the worst in 100 years
Army boats and Air Force helicopters rescue victims
Prime Minister aerial surveys for two days
Worst affected districts
Andhra Pradesh – Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Krishna, and Guntur
Karnataka – Raichur, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Bagalkot, and Belgaum
2.7 million people homeless; 700 villages flooded; 290 people dead;
400,000 houses damaged; farmers lost crops worth billions of rupees
IDRF appeals the benevolent to help whole-heartedly these unfortunate victims. Your support will help reduce the sufferings of these people in the flood-affected areas through the ongoing relief efforts of Sewa Bharathi (Hyderabad), and Santrasta Parihara Samithi (Bengaluru). Please send your generous donations to: (checks payable to IDRF)
IDRF, 5821 Mossrock Drive, North Bethesda, MD 20852-3238
Donate online at http://www.idrf.org (via PayPal) or contact Raghu at 781-724-1801
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Vijay Pallod (TX): pallod@aol.com Adesh Jain (VA): jain27@hotmail.com
Vinod Prakash (MD): idrfhq@yahoo.com Dharmesh Naik (MD): idrfhq@gmail..com
1 comment:
Here is a very cyncial story from flood affected areas of AP.
http://greatandhra.com/ganews/viewnews.php?id=16618&scat=16
The local leaders are said to be gripped with panic that they would lose their identity due to the overwhelming response the victims are getting from many corners. So just to prove their point, they are said to be insisting the donor-groups that they will take care of the distribution, and are looking at hiding the stocks so that they can be given during the coming election time to buy votes.
And those who have defied these leaders and are going with a noble intention of giving it to the victims, the leaders are said to be unleashing 15-20 men from their own camp amidst the groups and creating trouble so that the donors can give up and seek the help of these leaders. The leaders also involve those from the opposition camp. If there can be an example quoted of a dirty politician’s dog life then nothing would beat this one. It seems that the victims are cursing all the local leaders and are stating that all these leaders starve and die.
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