pune the global technology centre of hongkong and shanghai banking corporation hsbc in pune is granting special tsunami leave of up to five working days after a number of its staff showed interest in providing physical support on the ground the information technology community in pune does not seem satisfied with just contributing monetarily for tsunami relief but seems intent on getting involved in a far deeper way in providing succour to the victims of the disaster employees of most it companies in the city have decided to pool their resources and make a single large contribution that would allow relief agencies to provide faster and focused assistance instead of scattered individual contributions most have donated a days salary towards the cause apart from contributions in kind apart from contributing its employees donations of 100000 to the prime ministers relief fund mahindra british telecom mbt has partnered with maitri a nongovernmental organisation ngo for additional relief activities we focused on disbursing immediate help in the form of food safe drinking water and temporary shelter the second phase will aim at adopting a village and constructing houses for the victims says mbts priya hajela usbased interlink which has a branch in pune has so far collected 4000 from its us employees and rs 35000 from its workers here synygys employees not only chipped in with rs 50000 for the pms relief fund but are also exploring the possibility of routing help through an ngo zensar technologies on the other hand has decided to focus on directing the funds it has collected towards a tangible longterm rehabilitation initiative that is sustainable rather than contribute to immediate emergency measures alone pune employees of axa a large financial services firm procured material immediately required by the victims and sent them directly to the indian air force station here to be airlifted to the victims