Indian Newslink October 15 2016 Digital Edition

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Homelink
OCTOBER 15, 2016
Community pours heart and money to grieving family
More than $28,000 raised including reimbursements to Pavin Pramoth
Venkat Raman
venkat@indiannewslink.co.nz
Members of the Indian
community once again
proved that they are
people of compassion
and responsibility by contributing
$28,029 to the family of a young
man who was killed in a road
accident in South Taranaki last
month.
This amount includes direct
payments made by ACC and the
Indian High Commission to the
undertakers for transporting the
body to India.
The employers of the deceased
man also donated $11,600 to the
grieving family in addition to
making a ‘final settlement’ into
the dead man’s account including
holiday pay and other entitlements.
Tragic end
Twenty-five-year-old Pavin
Pramoth died in a traffic accident
around 415 pm on Saturday,
September 24, 2016 as his car
crashed into an electricity pole on
Ketemarae Road, Hawera in South
Taranaki.
Pavin was the sole occupant of
the car at the time of the deadly
accident.
The Police notified two of his
close friends, including Jegan
Ramar, who contacted us for help
and assistance.
He was the only son to M
Prakash and P Dhanam, a farming
Pavin Pramoth leaning on his ill-fated car
family in Theni, a small town
of about 5000 people near
Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Pavin has a sister for whose
marriage he had started saving
money.
“We understand that Pavin
has a student loan in India and
his family is of very modest
economic means. He arrived
in 2012 to study, completing
which he was employed
initially in Hamilton and for the
past eight months in Auckland.
I have known this young man,
who was a responsible son and
brother. It is a pity that death
has taken away a fine person,”
Ilango Krishnamoorthy, a
prominent community leader
and President of the Hindu
Temple Society of New Zealand
which owns and manages
Thiru Subramaniyar Aalayam
at 69 Tidal Road, Mangere,
South Auckland said.
Our Samaritans
The services rendered by Mr
Ramar, Mr Krishnamoorthy
and Sandeep Agarwal, one of
the directors of the company
that had employed Pavin, were
outstanding.
Indian Newslink was an
early point of contact soon
after the death of Pavin was
announced and we contacted
Sandeep Sood, Head of Chancery
at the Indian High Commission
in Wellington, who promised all
assistance in completing the formalities
relating to the repatriation of the
body of Pavin to India.
It was a Sunday but that made no
difference.
Shortly thereafter, Mr Sood and
High Commissioner Sanjiv Kohli contacted
us to say that they would also
provide financial support and meet
the entire cost of transportation of the
body of Pavin, specified at $11,129.00.
ACC offered $6000 and paid directly
into the account of Vospers Funeral
Services in New Plymouth and the
High Commission remitted $5129.00.
Following the completion of all formalities,
the coffin carrying the body
of Pavin was sent by an Emirates
flight from Auckland on September
28, 2016.
Mr Agarwal and his partner Akbar
Sheikh visited New Plymouth to see
the body of their employee, while
Mr Ramar was at the forefront of all
tasks.
The death of a person who has no
relatives always causes anxiety and
concern but in the case of Pavin,
the Tamil community led by Mr
Krishnamoorthy, Auckland Tamil
Association President Vai Ravindran,
Muthamil Sangam General Secretary
Sheba Soundararajan, Indian
Newslink Community Fund Chairman
Wenceslaus Anthony and the company
of Mr Agarwal showed that they
were people who care.
They were among the first to
contribute money into the Indian
Newslink Community Fund, as agreed
by these leaders, all remittances
received until midnight of October
5, 2016 – a sum of $5300 were
transferred into the account specified
by Mr Prakash.
V Giridharan, Managing Director,
Relianz Foreign Exchange, who
himself contributed to the Fund, arranged
for the transfer of the amount,
waiving all fees and service charges.
Mr Agarwal arranged to transfer
$11,600, a joint contribution from his
company and a group of employees,
directly to the account of Mr Prakash.
Thus, the total benefit accruing
to the family of Pavin following his
tragic death was $28,029, of which
$11129 was paid to Vospers Funeral
Services.
The family of Pavin received a
direct cash benefit of $16,900.
The death of the young man
demonstrated not only the fragility
of human life but also that of human
compassion. It is on sad occasions like
this, the usefulness of regional organisations
such as Muthamil Sangam
and Auckland Tamil Association is
realised.
The New Zealand Indian Central
Association President Bhikhu
Bana and General Secretary Prakash
Biradar sent their condolences to the
bereaved family.
They also appealed to their branches
to donate to the fund but no one
responded.
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Abhi Erode; A Dhamodaran; Arun; A Saraswathi; Bala;
Balaji; B Ramamoorthy; Balasaraswath; Balasubramani;
Ba Narasimhan; Chandrababu; Chatrati S C;
Chowdavarapu; Dakshina Suda; Dinakaran Gopi; D
P Bagraniya; Fathima G; Focus Marketing; Ganesh
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Kharaneesh; Jeet Suchdev; Kaliappan Pandian; Kiran Arul;
K Muthaiah; Liyakathali & H; Malliah Arune; M Kandavel;
M Kumar; Meru Sri Limited; Mrs S Manoharan; Naidu
S D; Nandu; Palaniswamy B; Parti & Associates; Pavin
Sudharsan; P Madanagopal; Ponappa Madappa; Praveen
Rave; Rajaji; Ravi Vachakam; Ramasi S & K; Ranjna Patel
from Shree Swaminarayan Temple; Ratna Venkat; Ravi
Bedadala; Roshni Shetty; R Ramachandar; Ramakrishnan
Ba; Ramselvan; Ranganathan; Ravi Muthumanickam; R
R M Varghese Regi; R Velu; Regi01 Charity; Roy P M;
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S N Senthil Corattur; S Sachidanandam; S Thiruppathi;
Shanmughasundar; S Natarajan; Srikaran; S R Palanisamy
Sowndar; Srinivasan; Subramani Ayyanar; Subramaniyan;
Sun Arunagiri; Thangavelu; Two Little Angels Limited;
Vai Ravindran; V Ravindran; V Rathore; Veera C; Vikuna
Fashions Limited; Wenceslaus Anthony
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