Prime Minister Vajpayee has appealed for more contributions to help the
victims of the earthquake, which is now feared to have killed over 20,000
people.
Checks/Money Orders should be drawn in favor of "Prime Minister's
National Relief Fund" can be sent to any one of the following addresses:
Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, Prime Minister's Office, South Block, New Delhi 110011, India
For those in the US:
Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, Embassy of India, Attn: Head of Chancery, 2107 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Wire Transfer Information:
Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (Riggs Bank, Washington, DC), Account Number - 08115910, Route Number - 054000030
State Bank of India, 460, Park Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, Tel: 212-521 3200, Fax: 212-521 3364
State Bank of India, 2001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20006, Tel: 202-223-5579
Coordination of earthquake relief is being carried out by the Disaster Management Group, Ministry of Agriculture. Useful numbers for top government officials follow,
Mr. Purukayasth, Natural Disaster Management & Ms. Rita Sharma, Ministry of Agriculture
Tel: +91-11-301-0727
Control room Tel: 91-11-338-5574/338-9453
Fax: +91-11-338-4555
Keshubhai Patel (Chief Minister)
91 2712-(32611) to 32619
91 2712-21421 & 26349
91 2712-22275 & 20971
Fax: 91+2712-22901 & 27303
Haren Pandya (Home Minister, State), 91 2712-35526 & 38082
L.N.S. Mukundan (Chief Secretary), 91 2712-20372
P.K. Laheri (Additional Secretary), 91 2712-32611
Mr. Christi Fernandez
State Resident Commissioner of Gujarat in New Delhi, A-6, State Emporium, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi
Tel: +91-11-3732413; +91-11-334-3147/336-2672; Fax: +91-11-3732482
- nriol.com report
more snippets...
We appreciate your feedback, please write to us at: feedback@nriol.com