After a month of Terror Attacks on Mumbai something has changed in Mumbai and still not much has changed. The public remains as angry as they were on November 26th as not much has been done to make us all feel safer and to ensure such a terror attack will not hit Mumbai or any other part of the country again.
The politicians remain as cozy as ever and continue to do live on as it the attack on Mumbai never happened. The politicians in Maharashtra from Vilasrao Deshmukh to Narayan Rane and Antulay did their bit to add to the anger. The public lead by some leaders within us all have started political and non political movements to tap into this anger and work to see how we can improve things in Mumbai, we all wait to see how many of them can survive the tough needs of public life and hope most of them continue their effort.
So at the end of one month after the Mumbai Terror Attacks where we lost almost 200 near and dear ones we try to look back once again and salute the people who fought an unfair battle with the terrorists who attacked us and saved so many lives. These brave men left behind their families and one of the things we need to do as citizens of Mumbai is to ensure their families live a good life and are taken care of.
Where the mind is without fear
Here are the names of the Martyrs who dies in the Mumbai attacks of November 2008
Mumbai Policemen killed in Mumbai Terror Attack in November 2008
Shri Hemant Karkare (IPS), Joint Commissioner Of Police, Anti Terrorist Squad, Mumbai
Shri Ashok Kamte (IPS), Additional Commissioner Of Police, East Region, Mumbai.
Shri Vijay Salaskar, Police Inspector, Anti Extortion Cell, Mumbai.
Shri Shashank Shinde, Police Inspector, C S T Railway Police Station, Mumbai.
Shri Prakash P. More, Police Sub Inspector, L T Marg Police Station
Shri Bapusaheb Durugade, Police Sub Inspector, L.A.1, Naigaon
Shri Tukaram G. Ombade Asst. Police Sub Inspector, D.B.Marg Police Station
Shri Balasaheb Bhosale, Asst. Police Sub Inspector
Shri Arun Chitte, Police Constable
Shri Jaywant Patil, Police Constable
Shri Yogesh Patil, Police Constable
Shri Ambadas Pawar, Police Constable
Shri M. C. Chowdhary, Police Head Constable, R.P.F.
Shri Mukesh B. Jadhav, Home Guard Constable
NSG and Indian Military personnel killed in Mumbai Terror Attack in November 2008
NSG Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan
NSG Commando Gajendra Singh
Here are 4 options listed for you to contribute money to the Mumbai Terror hit Families
1. Mumbai Police has opened an account A/c No. 30601590516 in the name of the ‘Commissioner of Police’ at at State Bank of India, Naigaon Branch, Mumbai.
The nodal officer’s contact details are as follow:
Shri Vijay M Jadhav
Dy Commissioner of Police, HQ (I)
Office of Commissioner of Police
Opp. Crawford Market
Mumbai- 400001
Phone- 022-22620043
Please send your cheques to the above address with the Bank Details as mentioned above.
2. The Bombay Community Public Trust, as a city based community foundation, has responded in the past by setting up a Mumbai Disaster Relief Fund through which victims and their families have been helped.
Here’s what BCPT aims to do with your money:
* Get a list of those affected or families of those injured or deceased from the Mumbai Police and / or State Government.
* Identify and locate the affected persons, verify their credentials and make home visits.
* A case history of each victim / family contacted will be prepared.
* Number of families / victims not wanting to accept our support will be compiled and reported.
* For those injured, support for medical treatment will be given after verification of medical treatment taken / to be taken, expenditure incurred / to be incurred and coverage through medical insurance if any will be ascertained. Major injuries would require long term hospitalisation and treatment. The duration and quantum of support will be decided on the basis of each case individually.
* For those who have died, a compensation amount will be paid to the family / next of kin, scholarships for studies and training to their children and resettlement of the family may also be considered.
* Amounts which will be disbursed will be paid by cheque to the next of kin.
* Periodical updates on the progress of the injured person will be maintained and donors can view this on : HelpMumbai.pinstorm.com
How do you donate?
To donate you can click here. In case you wish to send in a Cheque/Demand Draft or contact us, you could do so by writing into bcpt@vsnl.com or call us at 022-22845928.
You can also donate online on: BCPT Mumbai Terror Help Site or HelpMumbai.pinstorm.com (a help page hosted by Pinstorm for BCPT - Good work Pinstorm)
3. Followed by the recent series of heinous terrorist attacks on several public places in Mumbai that took away the lives of some of our brave police personnel, Mumbai-based Trade Association of Information Technology (TAIT) has taken up a noble task in their immediate agendum.
All donation cheques should be in the name of ‘TAIT’. Those may be sent to C. W. Kadwadkar, Secretary, TAIT at 304, Kilfire House, Kilfire House Premises Co-op Society, C-17, Dalia Industrial Area, New Link Road, (Near) Fun Republic Cinema, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400053.
Contextually, all donations to this effect are exempted from tax as per rules under 80-G of Income Tax Act. Besides its primary objective of trade promotion, TAIT’s timely action in the social arena is obviously praiseworthy. The organization has just received Rs. 1,00,000 from Xerox for this cause. This shows Indians from all walks of life are always united for the national causes and welfare of the society.
4. An option NRIs to Donate for Mumbai Terror Victims
INDIA DEVELOPMENT & RELIEF FUND (IDRF), INC. [Tax - Exempt Public Charity under U.S. Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c)(3)]
The recent terrorist attack in Mumbai has once again impelled the NRI community to revitalize the Special Fund, established by IDRF following the 1999 Kargil War. The Fund was named MNIF (Martyrs for National Integration Fund). Thanks to the confidence in IDRF reposed by the community and the sustained dedication of our volunteers, IDRF has made grants totaling $331,875 towards the relief, rehabilitation and self-empowerment of the War/Terrorism/Militancy affected families of soldiers/security personnel, etc..
Please generously contribute to this Special Fund. You may:
Log on our website at http://www.idrf.org and make a generous donation via PayPal.
Issue a check in favor of “IDRF”, mentioning “terrorism victims” in Memo item, You may hand over your check to one of our volunteers or mail to the following address:
IDRF, 5821 Mossrock Drive, North Bethesda, MD 20852-3238
Lets empty our pockets to help improve the lives of the families impacted by the Mumbai Terror attacks. If you run an NGO and want to be listed here add your listing in our NGO listing page.
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