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FLOOD RELIEF 2008
: A Brief Report of Flood Relief Work as
on 7 July, 2008 |
Torrential rains in the
last month caused havoc in West Bengal and nearby states. Lakhs
of people were severely affected; thousands of them became
homeless and took shelter in schools, clubs and on the road
side. Our centres immediately started relief operations. The
details are given below.
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Sl. No. |
Centre Name |
Main Areas of
Operation |
No. of Villages |
Items Distributed |
No. of
Beneficiaries |
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Districts |
Blocks / Areas |
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Jharkhand |
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1.
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Ghatshila |
East Singhbhum |
Dahigora locality of Ghatshila |
1 |
For 5 days - meals twice, breakfast
and evening tea with biscuits. |
22 families
(82 persons) |
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2.
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Jamshedpur |
East Singhbhum & Sarailkela -
Kharsawan |
low-lying areas in and around
Jamshedpur |
5 |
1,260 kg rice, 202 kg dal, 60
kg potato, 4 kg sugar, 5 kg chira, 5 kg
masala and 30 utensil sets (each set contained:
1 handi, 1 karai, 1 khunti, 1
hata, 6 plates and 5 glasses). Besides,
assorted clothes to 355 persons and medicines to 131
patients. |
158 families (1,030 persons) |
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Orissa |
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3.
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Bhubaneswar |
Balasore |
Basta block |
Steps are being taken to distribute 3,000 tarpaulins
among 3,000 families. |
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West Bengal |
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4.
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Belgharia |
Purba and Paschim Medinipur |
Patashpur and Sabang blocks |
13 |
43,661 kg chira, 4,406 kg
sugar, 9,144 packets of biscuits, 212.5 kg milk
powder, 6,61,800 halogen tablets, 8,976 candles and
12,517 matchboxes. Besides, 219 persons were
rescued, a village road was repaired, bleaching
powder was sprayed in 2 villages, and villagers
received medical care. |
4,139 families (22,679 persons) |
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5.
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Chandipur |
Purba Medinipur |
Bhagabanpur - I & II and Chandipur
blocks |
93 |
45,097 kg chira, 4,861 kg
sugar, 9,000 packets of biscuits, 200 kg milk
powder, 6,000 candles, 10,200 matchboxes and
2,46,000 halogen tablets and 325 kg bleaching
powder. Further reports are awaited. |
20,869 families (1,00,474 persons) |
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6.
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Contai |
Purba Medinipur |
Egra & Contai sub-divisions |
108 |
46,556 kg chira, 10,255 kg
sugar, 4,477 packets of biscuits and 3,00,000
halogen tablets. Further reports are awaited. |
17,866 families (nearly 89,330
persons) |
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7.
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Medinipur |
Paschim Medinipur |
Dantan - I & II, Keshiardi, Sabang
and Narayangarh blocks |
113 |
51,000 kg chira, 5,100 kg
sugar, 3,000 packets of biscuits and 3,00,000
halogen tablets. |
11,535 families (50,627 persons) |
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8.
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Narendrapur |
Purba and Paschim Medinipur |
Patashpur - I & II, Bhagawanpur - I &
II, Egra - II, Debra, Chandipur, Panskura -I,
Narayangarh and Sabang blocks |
162 |
1,89,504 plates cooked food (khichuri),
3,265 kg chira, 1,288 kg gur, 17,000
ORS packets, 82,000 halogen tablets, 1,750 water
jerry cans, 72,000 water purifier packets and 4,000
kg bleaching powder. Further reports are awaited. |
17,948 families (97,880 persons) |
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9.
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Tamluk |
Paschim Medinipur |
Pingla block |
8 |
30,000 kg chira, 3,000 kg
sugar, 3,000 packets of biscuits and 2,00,000
halogen tablets. |
7,304 families (34,638 persons) |
While thanking
all who contributed for this noble cause, we request others to come
forward and do their bit, to help us in this noble endeavour.
All donations paid in cash or by cheque / DD drawn in favour of
“RAMAKRISHNA MISSION” payable at Kolkata are exempt from Income Tax
under section 80-G of the I.T. Act. Donations may please be sent
to:
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THE GENERAL SECRETARY Ramakrishna Mission
Belur Math, Howrah, W. B. 711202 Ph : 2654 9581 / 9681; Fax : 2654 9885,
e-mail : rkmrelief@gmail.com |
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| Date:
7 July 2008 |
Swami
Prabhananda General Secretary
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Belur Math
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Medinipur



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Tamluk



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