Tata Relief Committee (TRC), formed by Tata Steel and other Tata Group companies based in Jamshedpur to help people during major disasters, has come to the assistance of the flood-affected people of Odisha.

TRC, in collaboration with the district administration, has commenced relief operations in various flood-affected areas of Jajpur district since yesterday.

In the first phase, food packets, drinking water packets and candles are being distributed to the flood-affected people in the inundated areas.

A 10-member team of TRC and Tata Steel officials are undertaking the relief distribution work in the affected areas in Jajpur district.

TRC has been operating in Odisha since 1961 and has been a friend of the people of the State at times of their need whenever they have been affected by natural calamities. The committee’s rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction and relief operations encompass the immediate as well as long-term needs of the affected people.

The month of October 1999 proved to be catastrophic for coastal Odisha, which was hit by the Super Cyclone, rendering thousands homeless. At that time, TRC, besides distributing immediate relief material to more than one lakh families, built 435 houses and 24 school-cum-cyclone shelters for the affected.

It provided relief to more than five lakh families and helped bring them back to mainstream society whenever severe floods affected the State between 1999 and 2008. Tata Relief Committee has been recognised by Odisha State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA) for its outstanding contribution during flood relief operations in 2008.

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