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Relief
Work : A Brief Report as on 31 January 2010 |
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1. Aila Cyclone Relief:
West Bengal: Belgharia centre
distributed 10,345 saris, 10,333 dhotis,
12,721 blankets, 13,300 woollen jackets, 3090 solar lanterns,
3100 mosquito-nets and 3000 sets of utensils (each set
containing 5 plates, 5 glasses, 5 spoons, 2 gamlas and 1
ladle) to 6829 Aila-affected families in Gosaba block, South 24‑Parganas
district, on 17 and 24 January.
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2. Flood Relief:
Andhra Pradesh:
On 10 and 11 January, Hyderabad centre
distributed
160 looms to the poor weavers of Rajoli village in Mehaboobnagar
district who had lost their looms in the recent flood there.
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3.
Winter Relief:
18,716
blankets were distributed through the following
centres to poor people affected by the severity of winter:
Agartala 200, Antpur 500, Baghbazar 738,
Barasat 600, Bhubaneswar 100, Garbeta
35, Guwahati 217, Ichapur 2311, Jamtara
549, Katihar 100, Khetri 61, Medinipur
400, Patna 8500, Puri Math 1400, Rahara
505, Raipur 500, Silchar 1000, Tamluk
1000.
Besides,
the
following centres distributed various winter garments, shown in
brackets, to the needy: Garbeta (50 sweaters), Ichapur
(100 woollen jackets), Patna (498 woollen jackets and
2145 assorted woollen garments).
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4.
Medical Relief: West Bengal Gangasagar Mela:
As in the previous years, this year also
Seva
Pratishthan
organized a round-the-clock medical relief camp during Makar
Sankranti Mela at Sagar Island in South 24‑Parganas district
from 10 to 16 January. In all, 5781 patients were treated, out
of which 18 received indoor medical care. Besides, 150 blankets
and 189 pieces of clothing were distributed to poor pilgrims and
monks. Manasadwip
centre arranged board and lodging facilities for 1500 pilgrims
at residential camps in the Mela area, and provided medical care
to 60 of them.
5.
Fire Relief: West Bengal:
On 13 and 14 January,
Baghbazar
Math
distributed 468 saris, 468 lungis, 977 chadars
and 977 sweaters to the families whose houses had been gutted by
a devastating fire at Vasanti Colony, a slum in Ultadanga, North
Kolkata.
6. Distress Relief:
The following centres distributed various items, shown in
brackets, to the needy: Agartala (1600 sets of childrens
garments), Baghbazar (1000 saris),
Guwahati
(100 saris and 170 steel plates), Ichapur (2095
saris and 87 assorted garments), Medinipur (75 saris
and 25 dhotis), Porbandar (3925 kg rice, 1200 kg dal,
800 kg oil, 425 packets of biscuits and 400 chadars),
Puri Math (100 packets of baby food, 50 sets of school
uniforms, 27 slates, 75 dictionaries, 100 soap-bars, 100 Dettol-bottles,
100 nail‑clippers, etc), Rahara (33 kg coconut oil, 45
saris, 12 assorted garments and 147 mosquito-nets),
Raipur (100 saris), Silchar (366 saris
and 270 dhotis), Vadodara (240 kg flour, 96 kg
rice, 48 kg edible oil, 36 kg spices, 12 kg salt, 96 plates, 96
bowls, 96 glasses, 48 frying pans, 48 frying spoons, 96
blankets, 130 school bags, 780 notebooks and 130 geometry
boxes).
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