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CWC meet expresses grief

By Our Special Correspondent

Congress President Sonia Gandhi with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday to discuss relief measures for tsunami victims . — Photo: Sandeep Saxena

NEW DELHI. DEC. 29. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) today expressed its profound sense of shock, grief and sorrow at the trail of death and destruction left behind by a devastating natural calamity and extended its sympathies and condolences to the people of the States affected by the tsunami wave as also to the Governments of Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Mynamar and Maldives.

At a special meeting here this evening, the CWC took note of the extensive relief and rehabilitation operations already mounted by the United Progressive Alliance Government in close collaboration with the concerned State administrations. It also took note of the numerous initiatives already announced by the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh.

The CWC asked the UPA Government to closely monitor all relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and resettlement activities to ensure that whatever is needed to bring back life back to normal in the affected areas gets done with a sense of purpose, a resolution adopted at the meeting said.

The meeting also took note of the steps announced by the Congress and that the party president, Sonia Gandhi, had personally interacted with the distraught in the affected areas.

Call to party cadre

The CWC called upon party members to extend help and assistance in whatever manner they can. "This should be and is our New Year's pledge. We cannot bring back lost lives, especially those of thousands of children. But we can and must extend our helping hand towards our brethren who have been displaced and shattered,'' the resolution said.

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