UPDATE OF RELIEF WORK : RAMAKRISHNA MISSION, BELUR MATH, INDIA

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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.

Sl. No.

Centre Name

Main Areas of Operation

No. of Villages

Items Distributed

No. of Beneficiaries

Districts

Blocks / Areas

Jharkhand

1.      

Ghatshila

East Singhbhum

Dahigora locality of Ghatshila

1

For 5 days - meals twice, breakfast and evening tea with biscuits.

22 families

(82 persons)

2.      

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)

Orissa

3.      

Bhubaneswar

Balasore

Basta block

Steps are being taken to distribute 3,000 tarpaulins among 3,000 families.

West Bengal

4.      

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)

5.      

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)

6.      

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)

7.      

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)

8.      

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)

9.      

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:

THE GENERAL SECRETARY
Ramakrishna Mission
Belur Math, Howrah, W. B. 711202
Ph : 2654 9581 / 9681; Fax : 2654 9885,
e-mail : rkmrelief@gmail.com

   
Date: 7 July 2008 Swami Prabhananda
General Secretary
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission
Belur Math


Photos :  Belgharia

 


Photos :  Chandipur

 


Photos :  Medinipur 

 


Photos :  Tamluk 

 


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