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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49249)	10/12/2005 5:14:10 AM
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Collection centres flooded by relief goods Tariq Butt ISLAMABAD: Relief efforts at the private level were further intensified in Islamabad and Rawalpindi Tuesday as many more new camps sprouted up at different points for collection of items desperately required for the earthquake-devastated people. Every body who is anybody among ordinary people is making contribution according to his or her financial position. Everyone is motivated and involved and sincerely wants to do his bit at this hour of crisis. "I purchased this biscuit pack from the savings of my pocket money that I am giving to the relief camp," ten-year old Aliya told this correspondent when she was handing over her donation to the boy at a collection point at G/9 Markaz. Asked about her residence, the little girl said she lives in the adjoining G-9/2 multi-storey (low cost) flats complex for the federal government employees. A round of the capital shows that tremendous private efforts are going on to collect goods needed in the quake hit areas and transport them without any delay. Most of the young boys and girls, who were running these camps, said that they were getting generous donations in kind but the problem was their transportation to the earthquake affected region as trucks were not easily available. Some major construction companies, working in and around Islamabad and Rawalpindi, have dispatched their trucks and dumpers, loaded with goods, to the devastated regions. "Our dumpers will be bringing back from Muzaffarabad dead bodies of the relatives of some of our workers who want to bury them in Islamabad and Rawalpindi," Chaudhry Khalid Gujjar, the manager of a construction firm, told this correspondent. There are many unsung well-to-do people, who, on their own, have quietly made arrangements to rush truckloads of blankets, medicines, tents, quilts, water and flour to the destroyed areas. "Last night I dispatched two defender jeeps and a Shehzore truck, loaded with essential items to Bagh that has been the most neglected district among the quake affected areas. I have purchased another load of the three vehicles for Bagh and I am also accompanying them," Ch Iftikhar Ali, a businessman by profession, told The News. Multitudes of relief efforts are going on not only in Islamabad and Rawalpindi but also in other cities like Lahore and Karachi. Another businessman of Islamabad Masud Chaudhry, financed the load of a helicopter for the quake devastated area so that the goods reach immediately. Apart from the commendable private relief efforts, some NGOs, leading political parties, international organizations and foundations are busy in collecting the goods and transporting them to Mansehra and Azad Kashmir.