The floods in Bihar has left lakhs of people homeless and depressed. In an effort to ease the misery of the flood victims, Tata Steel along with Tata Relief Committee has taken concrete steps to help the needy and rehabilitate the affected families. The Company has made an appeal to its employees to volunteer to travel to the affected site and lend a helping hand in the relief activities that are being undertaken to help the homeless. The response to this appeal has been exemplary with approximately 100 employees coming forward to assist in the relief work in Bihar.

A task force has been formed by the Company under the leadership of Mr. Rituraj, Chief, Corporate Relations, Tata Steel. The seven member team consists of committed officials, who will monitor and co-ordinate the relief work till the time it is required.

Post consultations with the Mr. Nitish Kumar, Honourable Chief Minister, Bihar, Tata Steel has offered to assist the State Government in the rehabilitation work. Mr. B Muthuraman, Managing Director, Tata Steel has instructed the Tata Relief Committee to construct 50 semi permanent relief shelters in the flood affected areas of Bihar. The transportation of materials such as Tata Shaktee sheets and Tata MS pipes worth several crores, which are required for building shelters are being despatched from Jamshedpur to Bihar. The process of construction is expected to start within a week's time. Tata Steel shall also be assisting in the rehabilitation and reconstruction work in the affected villages.

As one of the first corporate houses to come forward pro-actively, Tata Steel is willing to participate in the process of resettling the flood victims in all possible ways along with the Tata Relief Committee. It is keen to respond and alleviate large scale suffering of people through natural calamities and disasters.

About Tata Relief Committee

Tata Relief Committee is operated by the Tata group of companies in Jamshedpur and it has always extended a helping hand in major disasters, including the Gujarat earthquake, Tsunami and super cyclone in Orissa in the recent past. The relief operations being carried out by Tata Steel will be under the aegis of the Tata Relief Committee.