Relief Services : A Brief Report as on 1 January 2023

Cyclone Mondous crossed Mahabalipuram area in Chengalpattu district on 9 December causing damages in some parts of the state. In response to the calamity, Chennai Math served 700 plates of food and distributed 1350 kg rice, 56 kg vermicelli, 426 kg pulses, 270 litres cooking oil, 270 kg sugar and 116 kg assorted spices among 270 families in Chennai district on 10 and 14 December.

In the wake of a fire accident in Digboi on 29 November, Digboi centre distributed 15 cooking pots (handis), 15 frying pans (kadais), 15 cooking spuds (khuntis), 15 ladles, 15 spoons, 15 buckets, 15 mugs, 75 bowls, 45 plates, 45 tumblers, 45 blankets, 45 saris, 45 dhotis, 15 towels, 15 mirrors and 15 combs among 15 affected families on 18 December.

In a dreadful fire incident at Harijan Colony in Guwahati on 9 December, 58 families were badly affected.  Guwahati centre provided 58 blankets, 58 mosquito nets and 58 saris to the affected families on 11 December.

Many houses were damaged due to heavy rains in some parts of Tamil Nadu in November. Malliankaranai centre extended a helping hand by distributing 160 tarpaulins among as many families in Kanchipuram district from 24 November to 13 December.

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

Aalo: 142 trousers and 39 ladies’ garments on 11 and 18 December.

Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata: 351 saris and 150 lungis from 25 September to 10 December.

Almora: 90 kg wheat, 180 kg pulses, 18 kg soya chunks, 36 litres cooking oil, 18 kg salt and 18 kg sugar from 6 to 25 December.

Baranagar Mission, Kolkata: 7 dhotis, 207 saris, 97 lungis, 24 shirts, 24 trousers and 24 ladies’ garments on 23 and 25 September.

Cooch Behar: 53 mosquito nets, 50 notebooks, 50 pens, a football, a skipping rope, 2 badminton rackets and 6 shuttlecocks on 27 November.

Darjeeling: 5050 kg rice, 630 kg semolina, 1890 kg pulses, 1260 kg soya chunks, 630 kg gram, 1010 litres cooking oil, 1260 kg salt, 334 kg assorted spices, 1260 kg sugar, 1260 packets of biscuits, 1260 bars of bathing soap and 1260 bars of dish-washing soap from 20 July to 20 December.

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

Digboi: 289 saris and 211 dhotis from 4 September to 29 December.

Guwahati: 120 dhotis on 3 December.

Headquarters (through Baganchra ashrama): 885 saris, 237 dhotis and 121 lungis from 25 September to 27 December.

Headquarters (through Estate office): 300 saris, 150 lungis and 250 mosquito nets on 10 December.

Imphal: 5 kg soya chunks, 5 kg gram, 5 kg pulses, 50 cakes, 6 litres fruit juice, 15 bars of bathing soap, 30 bottles of hair oil, 48 tubes of toothpaste, 2 kg detergent powder, 15 jars of ointment, 150 notebooks, 30 pens, 50 pencils, 5 sets of crayons, 20 pencil sharpeners and 20 erasers on 26 November.

Indore: 50 saris and 50 packets of sweets on 8 and 11 December.

Kankurgachhi, Kolkata: 100 dhotis, 40 saris and 100 mosquito nets on 11 December.

Rahara, Kolkata: 26 saris, 157 mosquito nets and 3 thermos flasks on 15 and 16 December.

Raiganj: 500 saris from 20 to 27 November.

Ranchi Morabadi: 300 saris from 15 September to 21 November.

Ranchi Sanatorium: 500 saris and 500 dhotis from 1 November to 7 December.

Sarisha: 570 saris and 570 lungis from 25 September to 30 October.

Sikra–Kulingram: 200 saris from 15 to 24 December.

Vadodara: 130 saris, 43 water bottles, 915 plastic jars, 43 clipboards, 354 notebooks, 440 pens, 354 pencils, 118 pencil sharpeners, 193 erasers, 118 scales, 118 stationery pouches and 129 books on 29 September and 18 December.

Fiji:  5 wheeled walkers, 2 walkers, 14 dual crutches, 4 hospital beds with mattresses, 2 mattresses, 6 electric scooters, 408 diapers, 2 pairs of controlled ankle motion boots and 500 assorted garments from 1 November to 24 December.

Durban: 340 plates of food, 455 kg rice, 184 kg wheat flour, 253 kg maize meal, 375 kg pulses, 250 kg assorted vegetables, 31 kg chilli bite mix, 205 kg porridge, 86 litres cooking oil, 31 kg assorted spices, 165 kg salt, 115 loaves of bread, 160 cans of jam, 63 kg semolina, 735 cans of tinned food, 160 packets of soup powder, 250 litres fruit juice, 80 litres drinking water, 18,080 tea bags, 125 litres milk, 245 kg sugar, 240 matchboxes, 35 tubes of toothpaste, 207 bars of washing soap, 115 bars of bathing soap and 375 face masks in December.

Phoenix: 175 plates of food, 1900 kg rice, 200 kg maize meal, 60 kg wheat flour, 200 kg cereals, 135 kg pasta, 100 kg porridge, 10 kg semolina, 1250 kg pulses, 95 kg soya chunks, 2200 kg assorted vegetables, 60 kg assorted spices, 250 kg salt, 650 litres cooking oil, 700 cans of tinned food, 45 kg soup powder, 5600 breakfast cereal sachets, 1160 packets of biscuits, 150 cakes, 394 kg snacks, 270 litres fruit juice, 32 kg sweetmeat, 165 loaves of bread, 1600 sachets of peanut butter, 800 bars of chocolate, 15 kg Horlicks, 345 litres flavoured milk, 480 litres milk, 38 kg milk powder, 30,000 tea bags, 350 kg sugar, 400 matchboxes, 40 litres sanitizer, 408 bars of bathing soap, 1 litre liquid soap, 200 bars of washing soap, 40 kg detergent powder, 200 incense sticks, 8 baby toiletry packs (each containing shampoo, bathing soap, oil, lotion and nappy rash cream), 200 tubes of toothpaste, 260 toothbrushes, 660 adult napkins, 100 assorted garments and 3 blankets in December.

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

Aalo: 197 blankets, 68 sweaters and 74 jumpers from 11 to 21 December.

Almora: 1000 blankets and 220 sweaters from 3 to 25 December.

Antpur: 500 blankets from 1 to 15 December.

Baranagar Mission, Kolkata: 39 blankets on 23 September.

Bhopal: 500 blankets from 16 to 25 December.

Bilaspur: 500 blankets from 12 to 25 November.

Chandipur: 300 blankets from 15 November to 4 December.

Chapra: 500 blankets from 15 November to 16 December.

Cooch Behar: 50 sweaters on 27 November.

Darjeeling: 1000 blankets from 20 July to 26 November.

Digboi: 313 blankets from 18 November to 29 December.

Guwahati: 500 blankets, 60 sweaters, 60 woollen shawls and 60 pairs of socks from 30 November to 13 December.

Hatamuniguda: 500 blankets on 9 and 14 December.

Headquarters (through Baganchra ashrama): 997 blankets from 25 September to 27 December.

Headquarters (through Estate office): 250 blankets on 10 December.

Headquarters (through Ujjain ashrama): 350 blankets on 18 December.

Indore: 110 blankets on 8 and 11 December.

Jaipur: 200 blankets on 18 December.

Jayrambati: 500 blankets on 28 November.

Jayrambati (through Koalpara ashrama): 700 blankets from 25 September to 25 December.

Kamarpukur: 2510 blankets from 26 November to 28 December.

Kankurgachhi, Kolkata: 130 blankets on 7 and 11 December.

Karimganj: 1030 blankets from 8 to 19 December.

Kochi: 200 blankets from 25 November to 21 December.

Krishnanagar: 550 blankets from 1 to 4 December.

Manasadwip: 1000 blankets and 652 sweaters from 14 November to 14 December.

Nagpur: 500 blankets from 14 November to 2 December.

Narottam Nagar: 500 blankets from 20 November to 18 December.

Prayagraj: 250 blankets on 6 December.

Puri Mission: 845 blankets from 1 to 22 December.

Rahara: 1098 blankets on 15 and 16 December.

Raiganj: 300 blankets from 20 to 27 November.

Rajarhat Bishnupur: 250 blankets on 25 December.

Rajkot: 1250 blankets on 18 December.

Ranchi Morabadi: 500 blankets from 15 September to 21 November.

Ranchi Sanatorium: 525 blankets from 1 November to 7 December.

Taki: 521 blankets from 19 September to 9 December.

Tamluk: 1000 blankets from 14 November to 9 December.

Vrindaban: 740 blankets and 400 thermal vests in December.

Bangladesh:

Bagerhat: 25 blankets on 21 December.

Rahara centre donated a sewing machine, a cycle van and a cycle rickshaw to 3 needy families in North and South 24 Parganas districts on 15 and 16 December.

Fiji centre donated seven cartons of assorted medical consumables to a hospital, and a projector including a screen to a college, in Nadi district in December.