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Indo-Asian News Service -> India-Disaster-Tsunami-Funds-> Prime minister's tsunami fundraiser breaks record: "Prime minister's tsunami fundraiser breaks record
Indo-Asian News Service


New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) At the receiving end of a giant wave of compassion and concern for the victims of the killer tsunamis, the prime minister's national relief fund has garnered a record Rs.4.42 billion and is still counting.

From beggars and street children to blue chip companies, from sportspersons to film stars, a mass of donors from across the country and abroad has poured into the prime minister's fund like never before, surpassing the contributions that followed the last major calamity - the Gujarat earthquake."