~Tata Steel and Tata Relief Committee jointly provide relief~

Tata Steel and Tata Relief Committee today came forward to aid the people of Mandar Block of Ranchi in the wake of recent hailstorm and strong winds that lashed the villagers, leaving hundreds of them homeless. The local MLA and former minister, Mr Bandhu Tirkey had requested the Company and the Relief Committee to assess the damages incurred. The company management then took a prompt note of the local MLA’s concern and subsequently came forward to help the villagers.

Following the assessment carried out at Dantha, Jaher and Bargarhi villages of Mandar block, the team with active support from the local administration, distributed about 1500 tarpaulin sheets amongst the people. The distribution took place at a function which was attended by Mr Birsa Oraon, Additional Collector, Mr Surya Prakash, BDO and Mr Om Prakash Yadav, Circle Officer of Mandar block, as well as senior company officials. The Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch Central Secretary, Mohd Islam and eminent person of the area, Prof Arif Hassan, was also present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion the Mr Birsa Oraon pointed out that the Tata Relief Committee has always stood at the time of need across the country whenever there has been natural calamity. “Tata Steel has been very prompt in its effort to help the distressed. Relief has reached the people much quicker than it would otherwise have been,” he stated.

Tata Steel has been steadfast in its approach to assuage the grief of the distressed for more than three decades now. In this vein, it has often teamed up with the Tata Relief Committee on several occasions to aid and assist those who have been affected by natural calamities. A few days back, the Company in association with the Committee had aided about 300 villagers of Kesardah, whose houses had been engulfed by a breakout of fire.

The Tata Relief Committee (West), a special agency, was constituted in 1967 in Mumbai. It was a result of the initiative undertaken by the House of Tata to combat the aftermath of all such unavoidable mishaps, has instituted. 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.