Sunday, January 2 2005 14:29 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in India has announced two grants, totalling $1.4 million (Rs 6.2 crore), for providing clean water to Tsunami-hit people in Tamil Nadu.

The funds would go to non-Governmental organisations CARE USA and Catholic Relief Services (India), it said in a statement in New Delhi today (Jan 1, 2005).

While CARE will receive Rs 2.9 crore, Rs 3.3 crore has been committed to Catholic Relief Services, it said.

Earlier, US Ambassador to India David C Mulford had announced contribution of Rs 22.5 lakh to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund and Rs 22.5 lakh to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies to support relief operations of the Indian Red Cross.