Circular from Chennai Association.

RETIRED   LIC   CLASS   I   OFFICERS’   ASSOCIATION – CHENNAI

(Affiliated  to Federation of Retd. Class I Officers’  Associations)

President G.N. Sridharan (9841072951) 7/4, II cross St., Karpagam gardens, Chennai-600020

Vice-Presidents M.Arunachalam (9840869768) P.A.Sivakumaran (9444079062)

Secretary V.R.Krishnan (9840932943) H-9-B, Krupa Colony, 44thSt., Ashok Nagar, Chennai -600083

Jt. Secretaries  S. Mythili (9840089067) M.D.Gunasekaran (9940311696)

Treasurer T.S.Asok Kumar (9444440319)

22-05-2019

Friends,

During the course of this month apart from the May Day Greetings, we had received some information from the All India Federation GS Shri D.Krishnan and I hereby share with you the gist.

1.   Cyclone Havoc in Odisha ...

This communication is almost totally dedicated to the Devastations suffered in Odisha under the impact of the severe Cyclone Fani  which has played  havoc with life and property there. The coastal districts of Puri and Bhubaneswar , in particular are in very bad shape, without food, water and Electricity. Our Retiree friends in Odisha were finding it difficult to even send messages on their tragedy because the Network too was cut off.

Incidentally every time there is a threat of Cyclone, held out for coastal Tamil Nadu, it is Odisha that eventually takes the brunt. There is an urgent need for us to respond to this unfortunate event, in the form of whatever help we might be in a position to render, to the  suffering  people of Odisha, as  earlier  similar calls for Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, to which our people responded in good measure. A similar Call is being given out here, for help, to the victims in Odisha.

More than even the Funds, it is the solidarity we express with the affected people that will go a long way in making those people , now in severe distress conditions, feel that they are not alone in this gloomy hour. We certainly are with them  of mind and spirit, if not in body. 

---- To this appeal our Chennai Association will also respond as usual by sending an amount of Rs.5000, as sent to the other states, earlier, in consultation with the Executive Committee.

2.   Associating with the in-service Association:

The Federation General Secretary had attended about four AGMs’ of the affiliated associations, including ours. The sum and substance of his  address  is as below:

“One of the more significant developments for us, was the opportunity I got, to meet the in-service Class I Federation's Gen Secretary Sri Raj Kumar in Thiruvananthapuram, where he was one of the invited guests.  He gave a detailed account of the manner of  relationships for the Federation at the All-India level, and what kind of issues, are currently being handled. He assured us that he will also carry our flag of needs along with that of their own. I mentioned to him that' Service' is only a passing phase, and that the final and culminating phase is that of the Retirees, and that, their policies, will need to logically tie up the impact of their demands, with that of how it affects those, who get into the stage of Retirement.

Another significant thing that Sri Raj Kumar mentioned, was a kind of Joint Front being developed at the All-India level , of all the LIC Employee Associations, to make themselves, more of a force to be reckoned with. Viewed in the back-drop of our February efforts, to create a Joint Front of all the Associations of Retirees, this one gels with the approach of the In-Service Associations. All such efforts logically point to an instinctive move towards making themselves more effective from the point of view of results. So friends, promising you more as we go along, and conveying my Hearty Greetings to all of you, once again. 

D.Krishnan.

 

We shall share as and when we get any further information.

With Greetings

VRKrishnan, Secretary