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       In the wake of the recent devastating floods in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, which caused untold misery and loss of life, the Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission through its different centres have undertaken relief work among tens of thousands of flood victims, the details of which are given below.

Andhra Pradesh

1.     Hyderabad centre distributed 4959 kg rice, 3306 kg dal (lentils), 3306 kg sugar, 3306 kg cooking oil, 1653 kg salt, 165 kg spices, 1653 saris, 1653 T-shirts, 1653 mats, 1653 cooking vessels, 1653 buckets, 1653 mugs, 1653 soap-bars, 8265 candles and 19,836 matchboxes to 1653 families of 5 villages in Mehaboobnagar district. Steps have been taken to provide 400 looms to the flood-affected weavers. Further reports are awaited.

2.     Kadapa centre served 9000 plates of cooked food, and distributed 57,100 kg rice, 5650 kg dal, 650 kg onions, 5650 kg cooking oil, 650 kg tamarind, 1130 kg spices, 5650 kg salt, 5650 kg gur (molasses), 650 kg sugar, 1000 kg bread, 75 kg biscuits, 27 litre milk, 5500 litre drinking water, 720 lungis, 2000 T‑shirts, 775 saris, 1250 bed-sheets and 1300 soap-bars to 8150 families of 16 villages in Kurnool and Mehaboobnagar districts. Further reports are awaited.

3.     Vijayawada centre distributed 5550 kg dal, 1968 kg edible oil, 870 kg tamarind, 760 kg pickles, 1960 kg sugar, 4053 duppats (cotton blankets), 3966 towels, 15 saris, 15 lungis and 1970 steel utensil sets (each set containing 2 plates, 2 glasses, 2 ladles and 1 milk vessel) and 3940 aluminium cooking-pots to 2004 families of 17 villages in Guntur and Krishna districts.  Besides, about 200 victims were sheltered at our school premises.

Karnataka

4. & 5. Belgaum & Mysore centres served 2520 plates of cooked food, and distributed 11,875 kg jowar (cereals), 7000 kg ata (flour), 1425 kg Bengal grams, 675 kg palm oil, 50 kg milk powder, 50 kg tea powder, 2350 kg sugar, 3420 blankets, 300 shirts, 300 pants, 570 cooking vessels, 1240 plates, 420 ladles, 560 pitchers, 1230 jugs, 1230 tumblers, 136 mats, 150 tarpaulins and ropes to 2742 families of Bellary town and 20 villages in Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Koppal and Raichur districts.
Arrangements have been made to distribute 1000 plates, 1000 bowls and about 1000 blankets in the affected areas of Karnataka. Steps are being taken to construct houses for the victims. Further reports are awaited.

Uttar Pradesh

6.     Lucknow centre served cooked food (Taheri) for 11 days to more than 3000 flood victims of six villages in Bakshi-Ka-Talab Tehsil, Lucknow district.

Gujarat

7.     Porbandar centre distributed 1117 kg gathiya and 55 kg bundi to 11,170 victims of 4 villages in and around Porbandar.

West Bengal

8.    Antpur centre distributed 32,650 kg chira, 3215 kg sugar, 394 kg biscuits, 6 lakhs halogen tablets and 22 bales of used garments to 18,993 families of 51 villages of Jangipara, Khanakul-I & II, Pursurah blocks in Hooghly district and Udaynarayanpur block in Howrah district.

9.    Ichapur centre distributed 48,175 kg chira, 2101 kg sugar, 30 kg gur, 722 kg biscuits, 5,00,000 halogen tablets and 450 kg bleaching powder to 18,104 families of 67 villages in Khanakul - I & II blocks in Hooghly district.

10.   Kamarpukur centre distributed 24,900 kg chira, 5751 kg sugar, 400 kg biscuits,  2,50,000 halogen tablets, 100 saris, 50 dhotis, 65 shirts, 360 frocks, 50 children’s garments and 200 blankets to 17,982 families of 22 villages in Khanakul - II block, Hooghly district.  Besides, the centre disinfected some areas in the above block using 450 kg bleaching powder and 1800 kg lime dust.

11.   Saradapitha centre distributed 20,000 kg chira, 2000 kg sugar, 400 kg biscuits and 2,00,000 halogen tablets to 5663 families of 22 villages in Amta - II and Udaynarayanpur blocks in Howrah district.

Further reports and photos are awaited.

Relief News Archives

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Flood Relief Work in Andhra Pradesh by Kadapa centre

Flood Relief Work in Karnataka by Belgaum & Mysore centres

Flood Relief Work in Karnataka by Belgaum & Mysore centres

Flood Relief Work in Uttar Pradesh by Lucknow centre

Flood Relief Work in Uttar Pradesh by Lucknow centre