is there a list of people going to chennai from Mumbai
If there is a list of people going down to Chennai from Mumbai, please send it to me at sunilrnair@writers.net so that I can forward it to people who have been contacting me for details of the same.
sunilrnair at 11:00:00 am |
Info for the people of Mumbai, wishing to help:
The Red Cross society and Rotary (Rotary Club of Bombay: 22024509/ 4089) are already there in full action. So, in case anyone wants to help, they can contact them.
Spoke with the people at Red Cross, they are collecting the below mentioned items. Anyone wanting to contribute these things can drop it at their office
mentioned below. These will be sent to the affected areas.
Indian Red Cross Society,
141 Shahid Bhagat Singh Road,
(Town Hall Compound) Mumbai-400001
022-22663560/ 3195.
Or speak with Maya : +91 98200 83856. She is part of the disaster management group.
Items collected by Red Cross:
Blankets
Dry food items like biscuits
Medicines like: pain killers, crocins, anti-biotic, etc...
Injections
Mineral water
Coffee powder
Milk powder
Sugar
Mugs
Towels: big and small
Soaps
Buckets
Bedsheets
Lungis
Sarees
(Red cross does not accept used clothes)
Another friend is in Kanyakumari, reporting. He says that there is fear of epidemic since there are several dead bodies still lying around waiting for burial. Doctors have asked for anti-cholera and anti-typhoid vaccinations.
Am in constant touch with the red cross people, will keep updating the list as and when I get any new info at http://toinkdom1.rediffblogs.com
- uma