Date:30/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/30/stories/2008113060560300.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Vijayawada

Students donate blood for violence victims

Staff Reporter

VIJAYAWADA: Condemning the terrorist attacks on hotels in Mumbai, students of city-based Westin College of Hotel Management on Saturday took out a rally in the city, besides donating their blood for the victims of the attack.

Holding placards with slogans against terrorism, over 300 students of the college took out the rally from their college at Bharathi Nagar opposite Vinayak Theatre to Benz Circle in the morning. Divisional Manager of the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) K.V. Venkateswara Rao flagged off the rally at the college.

After reaching Benz Circle, the students raised slogans against terrorism and returned to the college.

A blood donation camp was conducted on the college premises under the supervision of the representatives of the Indian Red Cross Society’s Blood Bank.

Over 200 students donated their blood.

At the end of the day, the students sent 120 units of blood to the victims of the terrorist attack through the Red Cross Society.

Director of the college K. Durga Prasad Naidu said the objective was to assist the victims, besides severely condemning the terrorist attack. He appreciated the students for participating in the rally and in the blood donation camp.