Relief Services : A Brief Report as on 1 December 2022

In response to the floods caused by heavy rains in October, Lucknow centre extended a helping hand by distributing 200 mosquito nets, 100 matchboxes and 100 packets of mosquito coils among 150 families in Gonda district on 12 October.

Floods caused by torrential rainfall affected some parts of the country in June.  In the wake of the disaster, Habiganj centre served 14,322 plates of food in Sunamganj, Netrokona and Habiganj districts from 21 June to 28 September.

The following centres distributed blankets and winter garments, shown against their names, to needy people:

Aalo: 146 sweaters, 131 coats and 131 jumpers from 6 to 20 November.

Asansol: 500 blankets from 26 October to 8 November.

Baranagar Math, Kolkata: 650 blankets from 3 to 18 November.

Barasat, Kolkata: 500 blankets on 30 October and 20 November.

Barisha, Kolkata: 500 blankets and 150 pairs of socks from 13 to 20 November.

Belgharia, Kolkata: 550 blankets from 30 July to 12 November.

Hatamuniguda: 300 blankets on 21 November.

Indore: 905 blankets on 13 and 20 November.

Limbdi: 500 blankets on 10 and 11 November.

Malda: 915 blankets from 11 October to 7 November.

Nabadwip: 600 blankets on 26 and 27 November.

Puri Mission: 655 blankets from 20 to 27 November.

Raipur: 208 blankets on 20 November.

Srinagar: 150 blankets on 20 and 22 November.

Swamiji’s Ancestral House, Kolkata: 500 blankets on 11 and 13 November.

Visakhapatnam: 410 blankets on 11 November.

Thanjavur centre built a cowshed at Udharamangalam village in Thanjavur district on 13 November to help some needy people stand on their own feet.

Cyclone Sitrang struck Polotona area in Gopalganj district on 24 October and left a trail of destruction.  In response to the calamity, Bagerhat centre provided 35 corrugated tin sheets to an ashrama on 7 November to help them relay the roofs.

Assam: Guwahati centre donated a sewing machine to a widow and a handloom machine (tantsal) to a poor woman on 7 October.

Tamil Nadu: Thanjavur centre donated 2 cows to poor people on 5 October.

The following centres distributed the items shown against their names to needy people:

Aalo: 87 shirts, 277 trousers and 146 belts from 6 to 20 November.

Antpur: 600 saris, 500 lungis and 100 dhotis from 21 August to 30 September.

Baghbazar, Kolkata: 760 saris on 27 and 30 September.

Balaram Mandir, Kolkata: 500 saris from 10 to 25 September.

Baranagar Math, Kolkata: 200 ladies’ garments from 3 to 18 November.

Barisha, Kolkata: 75 saris and 75 dhotis from 13 to 20 November.

Belgharia, Kolkata: 900 saris and 380 lungis from 30 July to 12 November.

Bhubaneswar: 250 saris and 250 dhotis from 25 to 28 September.

Chapra: 500 saris and 500 lungis from 14 October to 9 November.

Cossipore, Kolkata: 500 saris and 500 lungis from 29 September to 1 October.

Cuttack: 100 saris and 100 lungis from 13 August to 2 November.

Dibrugarh: 280 plates of food, 80 kg wheat flour, 20 kg chira (rice flakes), 40 kg pulses, 20 kg soya chunks, 40 kg salt, 40 litres cooking oil, 40 kg sugar, 40 packets of biscuits, 40 bars of bathing soap and 40 bars of washing soap in October.

Ghatshila: 200 saris from 6 to 26 November.

Gourhati: 633 saris, 500 lungis and 50 dhotis from 3 September to 2 October.

Guwahati: 500 saris and 300 lungis on 11 and 12 November.

Hatamuniguda: 148 saris and 209 lungis on 16 November.

Indore: 550 saris and 305 packets of sweets on 13 and 20 November.

Jalpaiguri: 340 plates of food on 7 November.

Jamtara: 300 saris, 300 lungis and 300 dhotis on 28 and 30 October.

Jayrambati: 200 kg pulses, 100 litres cooking oil, 30 kg assorted spices, 100 saris, 100 napkins, 100 bottles of hair oil, 100 bars of bathing soap, 100 bars of washing soap and 100 kg detergent powder on 20 November.

Jhargram: 541 saris, 451 lungis and 165 children’s garments from 18 September to 22 October.

Karimganj: 898 saris and 327 dhotis from 18 to 30 September.

Mekhliganj: 500 saris, 200 lungis and 300 dhotis from 26 August to 30 October.

Narendrapur, Kolkata: 500 saris from 24 to 30 September.

Somsar: 300 saris and 100 lungis from 15 October to 22 November.

Swamiji’s Ancestral House, Kolkata: 500 saris and 500 lungis from 23 August to 11 September.

Varanasi Home of Service: 200 saris from 10 September to 3 October.

Vrindaban: 225 packets of food, 450 kg rice, 450 kg wheat flour, 113 kg pulses, 113 litres cooking oil, 225 kg salt, 56 kg sugar, 23 kg tea powder, 45 kg milk powder and 225 bars of bathing soap on 2 November.

Baliati: 80 children’s garments, 37 saris, 6 dhotis, 5 lungis and 10 shirts from 1 to 10 October.

Durban: 2655 plates of food, 250 kg rice, 171 kg wheat flour, 295 kg maize meal, 415 kg pulses, 550 kg assorted vegetables, 48 kg soya chunks, 207 kg porridge, 23 kg pasta, 122 litres cooking oil, 206 kg salt,  115 loaves of bread, 200 cans of jam, 165 bottles of peanut butter, 779 cans of tinned food, 164 packets of soup powder, 125 litres fruit juice, 330 litres drinking water, 22,132 tea bags, 125 litres milk, 312 kg sugar, 246 matchboxes, 35 tubes of toothpaste, 207 bars of washing soap and 207 bars of bathing soap in November.

Phoenix: 1550 kg rice, 175 kg maize meal, 30 kg wheat flour, 175 kg cereals, 140 kg pasta, 100 kg porridge, 20 kg semolina, 1050 kg pulses, 85 kg soya chunks, 1650 kg assorted vegetables, 60 kg assorted spices, 275 kg salt, 525 litres cooking oil, 620 cans of tinned food, 30 kg soup powder, 5600 breakfast cereal sachets, 1160 packets of biscuits, 150 cakes, 352 kg snacks, 32 kg sweetmeat, 150 loaves of bread, 1600 sachets of peanut butter, 800 bars of chocolates, 15 kg Horlicks, 83 litres flavoured milk, 275 litres milk, 85 kg milk powder, 27,500 tea bags, 300 kg sugar, 320 matchboxes, 45 litres sanitizer, 384 bars of bathing soap, 175 bars of washing soap, 70 kg detergent powder, 11 baby toiletry packs (each containing shampoo, bathing soap, oil, lotion and nappy rash cream), 1 litre liquid soap, 175 tubes of toothpaste, 60 toothbrushes, 480 adult napkins, 100 assorted garments and 6 blankets in November.