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Cash relief being distributed
on behalf of TRC
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Unfortunately, because of its geographical location,
Orissa is prone to calamities like earthquakes, floods, drought, tornadoes, etc. To combat
the aftermath of all such unavoidable occurrences, the House of Tata has instituted a
special agency for assuaging the grief of the distressed. The Tata Relief Committee (West)
was constituted in 1967 in Mumbai. A few years later, in November 1974 the Jamshedpur
based Tata Relief Committee (East) was incorporated. Spearheaded by Tata Steel, the Tata
Relief Committee (East) also includes Tata Steel's sister concerns, associate companies
and Jamshedpur industries. It has steadfastly brought "sunshine" to the lives of
the distressed in eastern India (especially Orissa) by mobilising resources for their
service. The object of TRC is to render help to those affected by flood, drought and other
natural calamities by offering them food, medical aid, rehabilitation etc.
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TRC relief work following
super-cyclone in 1999 |
Some of the important projects undertaken over
the years by TRC in Orissa include:
| 1961 |
Donations for cyclone relief. |
| 1966 |
Drought relief in the Chandahandi block of the Koraput
district. Saved 10,000 children from starvation for five months. |
| 1947 |
Relief work in Kamarjoda village in Keonjhar, and areas in
Sukinda and Cuttack districts affected by drought. The project included renovation of a
dam, digging wells, renovation of existing school buildings, etc. (Rs. 3.22 lakhs) |
| 1975 |
Construction of a model village at Tanupur in the Cuttack
district for 59 flood affected families (Rs. 4 lakhs). |
| 1975 |
Rehabilitation of flood victims in Keonjhar, Balasore and
other districts by constructing houses, schools, community centre etc. |
| 1978 |
Rehabilitation of 91 tornado hit families at Tigiria,
Eilabandha and Barango in the Keonjhar district (Rs. 5 lakhs). |
| 1981 |
Construction of 40 houses for victims of a tornado hit
village at Kapundhi in the Keonjhar district (Rs. 8 lakhs). |
| 1981 |
Construction of 186 houses for flood victims at Kashinagar in
the Ganjam district and relief work in Sukinda block of Cuttack district (Rs. 25 lakhs). |
| 1982 |
Construction of 14 school buildings at Jaipur Road in the
Cuttack district (Rs. 10 lakhs). |
| 1987 |
Construction of school buildings at Bhuban village in the
Dhenkanal district (Rs. 2.5 lakhs). |
| 1988 |
Juang housing project in the Keonjhar district (Rs. 8 lakhs). |
| 1989 |
Providing 100 tube wells in Cuttack and Keonjhar districts
(20 lakhs). |
| 1991 |
Construction of 332 houses, school cum-community centers at
village Gudapali and Baradaballi in the Ganjam district (Rs. 100 lakhs). |
| 1992 |
Construction of 50 houses, school-cum-community centre at
Kakatpur in the Puri district (Rs. 30 lakhs). |
| 1994 |
Emergency relief materials and cooked food distribution to
villagers affected by floods in the Jagatsinghpur district. |
| 1996 |
Construction of 224 houses and one school-cum-shelter in
Ghadimul and Mundilo villages of the Jagatsinghpur district (Rs. 100 lakhs). |
| 1997 |
Drilling of 45 tube wells for drought affected areas of the
Ganjam district. |
| 1998 |
Providing construction material to 31 beneficiaries affected
by fire at Nelia Bhakuda in the Badachana block of the Jaipur district (Rs. 4 lakhs). |
| 1999 |
Emergency relief for super-cyclone victims in Ganjam and
Jagatsinghpur districts (Rs. 160 lakhs). |
| 1999 |
Distribution of one lakhs blankets in the area affected by
the super-cyclone (Rs. 115 lakhs). |
| 2000 |
Construction of 607 houses and 9 school-cum-shelters for the
cyclone affected victims (Rs. 5 crores). |
 
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