Cyclone Relief
Cyclone Ditwah struck the east sea coast of Sri Lanka on 28 November, leaving a trail of extensive flooding and devastating landslides in its wake. The storm further impacted Tamil Nadu and surrounding regions with heavy rainfall. The following centres conducted relief operations to aid the affected victims, as detailed below:
Sri Lanka: Batticaloa sub-centre of Colombo branch served meals to 300 families in Ampara district and distributed the following relief material among 3253 families in Badulla, Batticaloa and Kandy districts from 25 November to 27 December: 14,795 kg rice, 8985 kg flour, 2995 kg pulses, 1050 kg chana (chickpea), 713.75 kg soya chunks, 2995 kg salt, 299.5 kg tea powder, 3025 kg sugar, 80 kg milk powder, 8 kg baby food, 25 boxes of biscuits, 731 saris, 731 lungis, 731 woollen caps, 893 bedsheets, 893 mats, 42 boxes of baby soap, 96 bars of bathing soap, 1152 sanitary pads, general medicines, 65 rice pots, 65 pans, 65 curry pots, 195 plates, 195 tumblers, 65 jugs, 65 knives, 130 spoons, 130 tea/milk drainers, 65 tea spoons and 65 plastic basins.
India: Tamil Nadu:
(a) Chennai Students’ Home distributed 187.5 kg pulses, 150 kg semolina, 37.5 litres cooking oil, 75 kg salt, 22.5 kg ground spices, 75 kg sugar, 75 mats, 286 blankets and 143 tarpaulins among 143 families in Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts on 7 December.
(b) Puducherry sub-centre of Chennai Math served meals to 425 persons in Puducherry on 2 December.
Flood Relief
West Bengal: Jalpaiguri centre distributed 3081 kg rice, 630 kg flour, 265 kg pulses, 362 kg soya chunks, 265 kg gram, 66 kg groundnuts, 145 litres cooking oil, 239 kg salt, 60 kg assorted spices, 1896 litres drinking water, 578 packets of biscuits, 232 cakes, 500 chikkis (peanut bars), 120 kg malt drink mix, 1434 candles, 391 toothbrushes, 239 tubes of toothpaste, 74 matchboxes, 437 bars of bathing soap, 345 bars of detergent soap, 87 bottles of hair oil, 266 bottles of hand wash, 87 mirrors, 87 combs, 50 sanitary pads, 695 sachets of ORS, 276 saris, 239 dhotis, 720 gamchas (towels), 185 vests, 225 blankets, 867 foam mats, 858 bedsheets, 1716 pillow covers, 190 mosquito nets, 180 tarpaulins, 100 cooking pots, 100 kadais (wok), 80 buckets, 230 mugs, 250 tumblers, 350 plates, 300 bowls, 100 ladles, 100 spatulas, 260 trunks, 252 sets of lock and key, 450 packets of mosquito repellent sticks, 160 bulbs and 239 torch lights among 2066 affected families in Jalpaiguri district from 6 to 30 October.
Fire Relief
Assam: Sribhumi (Karimganj) centre provided 9 kg rice, 6 kg pulses, 3 kg soya chunks, 3 saris, 6 blankets and 3 bedsheets to the 3 affected families on 2 December.
Distress Relief
India:
Almora: 200 kg rice, 200 kg flour, 200 kg pulses, 40 kg soya chunks, 40 litres cooking oil, 28 kg ground spices, 40 kg salt, 8 kg tea powder, 40 kg sugar and 240 saris from 9 to 14 December.
Antpur: 100 packets of biscuits, 100 bottles of hair oil and 100 bars of toilet soap on 7 December.
Asansol: 200 saris from 7 to 21 December.
Bajepratappur, Bardhaman: 500 saris, 200 lungis, 250 dhotis and 250 uttariyas on 2 October and 5 December.
Basavanagudi, Bengaluru: 150 umbrellas, 150 plates and 300 tumblers on 27 December.
Bhopal: 429 saris, 150 frocks and 150 shirts from 15 November to 4 December.
Borjhar: 800 meals and 300 saris on 23 and 25 November.
Chengalpattu: 7647 meals, 624 kg rice, 111 packets of biscuits, 511 saris, 127 dhotis and 127 towels from 3 October to 29 November.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad): 100 saris on 19 and 20 October.
Dakshineshwar, Kolkata: 145 T-shirts and 167 children’s garments from 7 September to 17 October.
Digboi: 151 food packets, 202 saris, 100 dhotis and 151 ties from 23 November to 11 December.
Gadadhar Ashrama, Kolkata: 200 saris and 200 children’s garments on 12 and 16 September.
Guwahati: 320 saris on 30 November and 13 December.
Hatamuniguda: 500 litres fruit juice, 239 sachets of chutney, 399 tubes of toothpaste, 160 toothbrushes, 3400 sachets of hair oil and 500 tubes of cold cream from 3 to 20 December.
Jaipur: 200 food packets on 29 November.
Jalpaiguri: 710 meals on 9 December.
Kalyani: 52 pairs of shoes on 11 December.
Kamarpukur: 142 saris, 450 cakes and 900 packets of biscuits from 16 to 27 November.
Konampatti: 175 packets of assorted fruits on 7 and 11 December.
Krishnanagar: 200 meals and 55 saris on 25 and 26 December.
Limbdi: 475 kg wheat in November.
Madurai: Provision kits to 106 eye patients on 19 November and 25 December. Each kit contained 1 kg semolina, 1 kg pulses, 1 litre cooking oil, 200 g chilli powder, 500 g sambar powder, 500 g tamarind, 1 kg sugar and a bar of bathing soap.
Malda: 97 meals, 125 kg rice and 250 kg potatoes from 2 to 30 November.
Medinipur: 300 saris and 200 lungis from 20 September to 17 December.
Muzaffarpur: 300 saris from 24 October to 11 December.
Rahara, Kolkata: 191 saris and 340 mosquito nets on 11 December.
Rajamahendravaram: 350 meals, 160 floor rugs and 160 mats on 8 and 9 December.
Rajkot: 1900 meals and 35 mats from 17 to 21 December.
Salem: 150 kg rice flakes, 200 kg ragi flour, 150 kg pulses, 100 kg chana (chickpeas), 100 kg lobia (cowpeas), 150 kg gram, 50 kg dates and 100 kg fried gram among 100 expectant women on 20 December.
Sarati: 100 saris and 100 lungis on 18 December.
Sri Vijaya Puram (Port Blair): 40 packets of biscuits, 40 pouches of flavoured drink, 40 saris, 40 bars of bathing soap and 6 kg detergent powder on 14 December.
Swamiji’s Ancestral House, Kolkata: 46 bedsheets and 46 packets of snacks on 9 December.
Thanjavur: 150 meals, 108 saris and 187 water bottles from 28 November to 11 December.
Thirumukkudal: 200 meals and 120 provision kits on 13 December. Each kit contained 5 kg rice, 1.5 kg pulses, 500 ml cooking oil, 400 g ground spices, 1 kg salt, a bar of bathing soap and a bar of laundry soap.
Vadodara: 1140 kg flour, 430 kg rice, 275 kg pulses, 150 litres cooking oil, 90 kg salt, 22 kg ground spices, 170 kg sugar, 42 kg tea powder and 40 bars of bathing soap from 2 November to 17 December.
Varanasi Home of Service: 102 kg dalia (wheat groats), 35 kg chira, 18 kg gram, 5 kg groundnuts, 8 litres cooking oil, 64 litres milk, 3 kg malt drink mix, 39 kg dry fruits, 88 packets of biscuits, 16.5 kg sweets and 2 LED lights from 4 to 21 November.
Viveknagar, Agartala: 2100 food packets to footpath dwellers from 20 November to 24 December.
Vrindavan: 2200 meals, 1800 bottles of cooking oil, 1800 saris, 1800 pairs of socks and 3600 bars of bathing soap on 11 December.
Fiji: Fiji centre: 3 wheelchairs, 3 wheelie walkers, 75 college files, 16 hospital beds, and 1 oxygen concentrator between September and December.
South Africa: Durban: 939 meals, 331 kg rice, 24 kg flour, 75.5 kg pasta, 179 kg maize meal, 301 kg pulses, 131 kg porridge, 100 kg assorted vegetables, 167 litres cooking oil, 155 kg salt, 48 packets of biscuits, 167 cans of jam, 411 cans of tinned food, 39 litres fruit juice, 136 packets of sweets, 30 loaves of bread, 16,748 tea bags, 168 litres milk, 171 kg sugar, 167 packets of chips, 20 litres custard, 43 bottles of jelly, 152 bars of bathing soap, 130 bars of laundry soap, 36 tubes of toothpaste, 20 toothbrushes, 40 bottles of body wash, 62 bottles of hand lotion, 20 hair grips, 20 combs, 20 nail clippers, 20 packets of sanitary pads, 40 packets of wet-wipes, 40 face towels, 12 packets of adult diapers, 32 saris, 5 jackets and 40 assorted toys in December.
South Africa: Phoenix: 600 meals, 1860 kg rice, 20 kg fortified cereals, 233 kg maize meal, 38 kg flour, 26 kg pasta, 200 kg porridge, 300 kg pulses, 80 kg macaroni, 25 kg soya chunks, 1100 kg assorted vegetables, 100 kg assorted spices, 250 kg salt, 325 litres cooking oil, 620 cans of tinned food, 25 kg soup powder, 1050 sachets of cereal, 1510 packets of biscuits, 300 cakes, 142 kg snacks, 85 litres fruit juice, 72 kg sweetmeat, 223 loaves of bread, 80 kg fruits, 150 bars of chocolate, 158 litres flavoured milk, 473 litres milk, 6800 tea bags, 195 kg sugar, 90 matchboxes, a set of kitchenware, 88 bars of bathing soap, 70 bars of laundry soap, 9 kg detergent powder, 57 tubes of toothpaste, 60 toothbrushes, 320 sanitary pads, 180 adult napkins, 100 assorted garments, 5 assorted bedding items, 13 blankets, 75 pots, 100 plates, 100 mugs, 165 buckets (20 litre capacity), 7 school bags, 182 notebooks, 26 pens, 26 erasers, 26 rulers, 300 educational toys, 25 packets of seeds and 2 prepaid electricity vouchers in December.
Winter Relief
Aalo: 213 blankets and 25 jackets from 11 to 24 December.
Adipur: 775 blankets from 15 November to 17 December.
Almora: 780 blankets, 181 sweaters and 149 woollen caps from 9 to 22 December.
Antpur: 640 blankets on 29 November and 7 December.
Asansol: 500 blankets from 7 to 21 December.
Balaram Mandir, Kolkata: 500 blankets on 28 November.
Bamunmura, Kolkata: 200 blankets on 30 November and 9 December.
Barasat, Kolkata: 2500 blankets from 2 November to 4 December.
Basavanagudi, Bengaluru: 150 blankets on 27 December.
Bhopal: 500 blankets, 325 jackets and 808 sweaters from 15 November to 11 December.
Bhubaneswar: 500 blankets from 30 November to 23 December.
Bilaspur: 500 blankets from 9 to 29 November.
Bolpur: 985 blankets from 13 to 21 December.
Borjhar: 500 blankets on 23 and 25 November.
Chandipur: 300 blankets from 20 November to 5 December.
Chapra: 500 blankets from 24 November to 5 December.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad): 400 blankets from 19 October to 10 December.
Contai: 500 blankets from 12 November to 15 December.
Cooch Behar: 115 blankets on 11 December.
Cuttack: 800 blankets from 16 November to 16 December.
Deoghar: 1000 blankets from 15 to 26 November.
Dibrugarh: 700 blankets from 10 September to 29 November.
Digboi: 291 blankets, 151 sweaters and 151 woollen caps from 23 November to 11 December.
Gadadhar Ashrama, Kolkata: 1000 blankets on 22 November.
Garbeta: 500 blankets from 7 to 11 December.
Guwahati: 588 blankets from 30 November to 13 December.
Gwalior: 265 blankets from 29 November to 17 December.
Hatamuniguda: 500 blankets from 3 to 20 December.
Imphal: 500 blankets from 15 to 25 December.
Indore: 176 blankets from 14 to 17 December.
Jaipur: 96 blankets, 35 winter garments and 23 sweaters on 29 November.
Jayrambati (through Koalpara sub-centre): 500 blankets from 2 to 13 November.
Kailashahar: 200 blankets from 23 November to 11 December.
Kalyani: 130 blankets on 11 December.
Kamarpukur: 2950 blankets from 15 to 28 November.
Kanchipuram: 300 blankets on 7 December.
Kochi: 300 blankets on 19 December.
Krishnanagar: 368 blankets, 22 ladies’ winter garments and 26 woollen caps from 16 and 26 December.
Lalgarh: 500 blankets from 23 September to 21 December.
Manasadwip: 2150 blankets and 375 sets of sweaters and woollen caps from 1 November to 22 December.
Medinipur: 500 blankets from 20 September to 17 December.
Nabadwip: 503 blankets from 29 November to 7 December.
Nagpur: 900 blankets from 22 October to 6 December.
Prayagraj: 500 blankets on 21 December.
Rahara, Kolkata: 479 blankets on 11 December.
Rajamahendravaram: 500 blankets from 10 November to 17 December.
Rajkot: 450 blankets and 1900 shawls from 17 to 21 December.
Ramharipur: 2000 blankets from 12 to 28 November.
Ranchi Sanatorium: 500 blankets from 10 November to 4 December.
Salem: 1350 blankets and 1100 jackets from 5 to 12 December.
Sarati: 500 blankets on 13 December.
Sinthi (Beni Pal Udyan), Kolkata: 350 blankets and 32 sweaters from 1 to 26 December.
Sribhumi (Karimganj): 1200 blankets from 5 to 22 December.
Swamiji’s Ancestral House, Kolkata: 46 shawls on 9 December.
Thirumukkudal: 120 blankets on 13 December.
Thiruvalla: 250 blankets from 16 to 30 November.
Ujjain: 500 blankets and 280 sweaters from 16 to 25 December.
Viveknagar, Agartala: 1702 blankets and 572 jackets from 29 November to 17 December.
Vrindavan: 1050 blankets, 1800 shawls and 450 thermal tops from 11 to 20 December.
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri: 500 blankets from 21 to 23 December.
Bangladesh: Bagerhat: 256 blankets, 25 sweaters and 25 chaddars on 13 and 19 December.
Infrastructural Support
Imphal: Imphal centre provided 2 whiteboards, 14 maps and charts and 2 flooring mats to an elementary school at Champu Khangpok village in Bishnupur district on 29 October.
Fiji: Fiji centre handed over a blood glucose monitoring machine, 500 eyeglasses, 100 dressing materials, 16 breast pump bottles, 16 boxes of sanitary pads, 10 airways and a vital monitor to the hospitals and health centres in Fiji between September and December.