About Gaja Cyclone: The highly affected areas were the districts of Nagappattinam, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Pudukottai, Karaikal, Cuddalore, Trichy and Ramanathapuram. About 1 lakh electric poles, 1,000 transformers, 201 electricity substations and 5,000 boats were destroyed by the cyclone. 1,000s of cattles, goats, birds died due to the cyclone. 63 people died mostly in the districts of Thiruvarur, Thanjavur and Pudukottai. About 18,000 hectares of Coconut trees were damaged, mostly uprooted. Totally 56,000 hectares of crops and trees were destroyed due to the cyclone.
01-Dec-2108: We distributed Candles, Mosquito Coils, Sanitary Napkins and Biscuits to Gaja Cyclone affected Government School students @ Kazhugupulikadu (near Pattukottai), Thanjavur (dt), TN.
Special thanks to PET teacher and Prasanth Sir for making the needful arrangements.
Pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/QDr6tMytitgoJXGb9
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Donor Name |
Amount |
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Satyanarayana Gubba |
2,000 |
|
Arunkanth Thentu |
2,000 |
|
Santhosh Kumar Alladi |
5,000 |
|
Silpa Pagadala |
2,000 |
|
Saravanan Govindan |
1,000 |
|
Neela Megha Shyam Chivukula |
500 |
|
Total |
12,500 |
Expenses: Rs 12,500
Volunteers: Prasanth Sir (Lecturer @ Sastra University, Tanjore) and Arunkanth Thentu