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Friday, July 19, 2013

UTTARAKHAND DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE...



With a feeling of sadness that cannot be expressed in words, we pen a few lines....  We know these feelings and words will not be able to recompense lost lives.  None can ever imagine Mother Nature can be so furious as She was recently in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh causing of loss of precious lives and causing such devastation.

Torrential rains in the mountainous areas flooded the rivers that swept  away people, that uprooted the buildings in the vicinity, that changed the whole landscape of the area....
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Authorities say, it may take long
to rebuild and to rehabilitate and we know it will, besides costing the exchequer heavily.  We, the Insurance Pensioners outside the affected areas owe it as a national duty to help raise resources for relief efforts.  Lives lost and properties wiped out and damaged will be grim reminder of our sacred duty towards our brethren.
We know the Insurance Pensioners, socially conscious as they are, will rise to the occasion and contribute
liberally for this noble cause.

We call upon pensioners of LIC and GIC to make contributions liberally. As a token of our commitment, ALL INDIA INSURANCE PENSIONERS' ASSOCIATION (AIIPA) has remitted Rs.50,000/- and hope our pensioners following this lead will contribute liberally.