1. Distress Relief: The following centres distributed various items, shown in brackets, to poor and needy people in their respective areas: Belgharia (136 saris, 397 pants, 379 shirts, 404 children’s garments, 4 blankets, 120 kg milk powder, etc), Jalpaiguri (250 saris), Kankurgachhi (300 saris).

Milk Distribution by Belgharia centre

4. Fire Relief: (a) Andhra Pradesh: Rajahmundry centre distributed 140 saris, 110 lungis, 110 vests, 250 bed-sheets, 252 towels, 110 plastic mats, 106 utensil sets (each set containing 3 cooking pots, 1 water pot, 1 bucket, 2 plates, 2 glasses and 3 ladles) to 103 families whose houses had been gutted by a ravaging fire at Rajavommangi, a tribal village in Andhra Pradesh.

                            Fire Relief Work by Rajahmundry centre

(b) Chandigarh centre provided, under Build Your Own House scheme, 73,500 bricks, 201 bags of cement, 15 trucks of sand, 210 asbestos cement sheets, 559 kg mild steel angles, 64 pairs of door and window frames, and 168 sq ft of Kota stone slabs to 70 poor families that had been rendered homeless by a devastating fire at a slum in Chandigarh.

                                  Fire Relief Work by Chandigarh centre

5. Economic Rehabilitation: Under self-employment programme, Antpur Math distributed 20 van rickshaws, 10 complete weaving sets and 146 weaving equipments (127 huddas, 10 dobis, 7 charkas, 1 tant and 1 guti), and Saradapitha (Belur) centre distributed 4 rickshaws to the needy.