14,132 blankets were distributed through the following centres to poor people: Agartala – 250, Antpur – 500, Asansol – 903, Bankura – 204, Bhubaneswar – 874, Cherrapunjee – 2600, Deoghar – 1000, Ghatshila – 53, Jamshedpur – 26, Jayrambati – 1500, Kanpur – 6, Khetri – 298, Malda – 900, Narendrapur – 500, Purulia – 700, Ramharipur – 1500, Ranchi Morabadi – 513, Sargachhi – 355, Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House, Kolkata – 750, Taki – 200, Tamluk – 250, Vrindaban – 250.

Bhubaneswar centre also distributed 66 sweaters to needy people.

Distress Relief:

The following centres distributed various items, shown in brackets, to needy people: Agartala (511 saris, 69 dhotis, 317 sets children’s garments), Bangalore (125 saris), Bhubaneswar (2500 kg flour, 500 kg oil, 560 saris, 8 school uniforms, 380 school bags, 1250 school books, 380 value education books, 760 notebooks, 380 geometry boxes, 760 pens, 760 pencils), Cherrapunjee (554 garments), Garbeta (140 saris), Kamarpukur (150 saris, 75 frocks), Nagpur (100 saris, 8 dhotis, 11 pajamas, 18 pants, 37 T‑shirts, toiletries, etc.), Puri Mission (1000 saris), Ramharipur (1500 saris, 500 dhotis, 1000 sets of children’s garments), Sargachhi (1675 saris, 25 arsenic water filters), Thrissur (283 school uniforms).

Disturbance Relief: Meghalaya: Our Cherrapunjee centre continued relief operations among the people affected by the recent disturbance in East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.  The centre distributed the following items to 915 affected families of 19 villages in Williamnagar and Resubelpara subdivisions of the district from 23 to 25 March: 9912 kg rice, 938 bags, 930 PVC sheets, 1350 kg GI wire, 478 kg MF yarn (rope), 5120 bamboos and 915 sets of utensils (each set containing 1 plate, 1 bowl, 1 tumbler, 1 ladle and 1 bucket).