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Something that the locals are still trying to recuperate from. But thanks to a few kind-hearted people, the rebuilding process has been accelerated with ease.\n\n\n\nOne such helping hand comes from a volunteer organisation called Direction for Volunteers (D4V), a Chennai-based group founded by a Mayiladuthurai-based IT-engineer, Ashok Raj .\n\nD4V has completed their target of rebuilding three schools which were damaged by Cyclone Gaja in 2018.\n\n\n\nAccording to a Facebook Post, the volunteer organisation were able to construct the schools with the help of, 'Kind-hearted people from various districts/states/countries'.\n\nDon't Miss 46.2 K SHARES 1.8 K SHARES\n\nShri Venkateshwara Temple in the USA, the employee community of CPCL and the employees and management of Balmer Lawrie, were the contributors.\n\n\n\nAccording to reports, they constructed their first building for Selvam Government Aided Primary School in Thalaignayiru, at the cost of Rs 7.7 lakh and opened it on June 2.\n\n\n\n\n\nThen, they constructed their second building for Saraswathi Vilas Government Aided Primary School in Kovilpathu, at the cost Rs 11.7 lakh and opened it on June 23. The third school was completed at a cost of Rs 8 lakh near Vedaranyam.\n\n'Our volunteers were into the field for more than 15 days and came up with a reasonable suggestion to rebuild 3 of primary aided schools in #Nagapattinam Dist', reads the Facebook post.\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cWe collected donations from employees in PSU and private companies. Our volunteers also contributed to the cause. This was challenging because the village was remote and not easily accessible\u201d said R Vinoth Kumar, an IT-engineer and the coordinator of Direction for Volunteers told The New Indian Express\n\n\n\nThe building for Government-aided primary school in Vandal is the final one of their series of the rebuilding of school buildings damaged by Gaja, which cost Rs 27.4 lakh .\n\nKudos to all the people who contributed time, money and effort to make this happen; it shows how resilient human beings can be.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": ["Gaja Cyclone", "Tamil Nadu", "Rebuilding Schools In Tamil Nadu", "Volunteers Rebuild Schools Gaja Cyclone", "Nagapattinam Gaja Cyclone"], "tags": ["Trending Topics"], "authors": ["Kc Archana"], "publish_date": "Wed Jan  1 12:42:41 2020", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "Back in 2018, Cyclone Gaja which formed as a depression near Andaman became a severe cyclone when it made landfall in Tamil Nadu between Nagapattinam and Vedaranyam., left a trail of destruction, Houses damaged houses, crops destroyed, trees uprooted, schools razed, the devastation was unfathomable. 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