People's Democracy

(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)


Vol. XXIX

No. 01

January 02, 2005

CPI(M) Condoles Tidal Wave Deaths

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on December 26, 2004

 

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its shock at the severe loss of life caused by tidal waves triggered off due to devastating earthquake in Indonesia this morning.

 

The tidal waves have devastated human life and property in many places all along the Indian coastline and many island countries in the Indian Ocean.

 

There are reports of largescale loss of life in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands while Orissa, West Bengal and Kerala have also been affected. The loss of life in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu is also quite heavy.

 

The Polit Bureau, while condoling these deaths, calls upon the central government to provide all necessary assistance to the state governments to extend relief on a war footing. (INN)