Seva bharati Flood relief video

flood relief work by RSS

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RSS volunteers fan out to do relief work
First Published : 08 Oct 2009 03:27:00 AM IST
Express News Service

In the first phase of relief operations, they distributed over one lakh food packets collected from neighboring villages and districts in the interior rural areas of Kurnool, Mahaboobnagar and Nalgonda districts.
The Swayamsevaks said that since links to Kurnool had been cut off, material was being brought in from Anantapur, Kadapa, Nellore in the State, and Raichur in Karnataka. The RSS set up relief camps in Karnool town at Saraswati Sishu Mandir and G Pulla Reddy Engineering College.
Volunteers from Adoni cleaned the Raghavendra Swamy temple in Mantralayam and cleared the carcasses of the cows of Goshala and other animals, and handed them over to the police.
In Hyderabad, 2,000 Swayamsevaks went round the city collecting money, food and other material needed for the flood-affected. Two donation collection centres have come up at the State headquarters of RSS and the Keshav Memorial School. Every day four truckloads of food material, two trucksloads of other essentials are dispatched to flood-affected areas. Besides, 200 volunteers from the city are engaged in sanitation work there.
The all-India secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) visited the affected areas of Kurnool and met the volunteers engaged in relief work there. RSS State president TV Deshmukh and Seva Bharati organising secretary Vidwan Reddy have visited the relief camp at Gadwal in Mahaboobnagar district and met the volunteers there.
In the second phase of relief operations, the RSS surveyed the affected areas of Mahaboobnagar district and found that 58 villages were badly destroyed and 16,000 families were devastated.
The organisation decided to supply kits to 5,000 families to enable them to lead a normal life. Each kit consists of kitchen utensils, foodgrains and other material of daily use.
In Kurnool district, 250 to 300 villages are still under water hampering their survey. In the third and final phase of operations, the RSS plans to rehabilitate devastated people and reconstruct destroyed villages.
“We have identified various means of rehabilitation of people like supplying them implements required for their occupation,’’ Swayamsevaks said, adding that they were involving several voluntary organisations.

Video on RSS work in Bihar flood relief

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8oj_J17OGc

Highlight of the Bihar Flood Relief operations, run by RSS and like minded Organizations.

Highlight of the Bihar Flood Relief operations, run by RSS and like minded Organizations.

As Updated on 11.09.2008, 8pm.

Total affected Districts = 8

Affected villages = 877

Affected population = 25lakh Approx.

Totally disconnected villages = Approx. 700 villages

Total number of Karyakartas working in shifts = 2,000

Centers of Seva Karya = 28 centers

People reached through Seva Karya = 4lakh

Water level has come down by 5 feet on an average.

Seva Swarup :

 Medical treatment – 13 Doctors team is working. Few more will join.

Lots of Medicines have been supplied. Cloths, Plastic materials for day today use, Utensils for the preparation of food etc, have been supplied.

Readymade Food packets are distributed. At camps hot and fresh food is been served.

A pocket of 2.5Kg containing 1kg Rice OR 1Kg Beaten Rice (avalakki), Aloo, Chilli, Salt and other necessary items to make a meal is distributed. They are planning to increase this bag weight to 5Kg gradually.

Activity at the Centers:

 At every centre Bhaarata Maataa photo is decorated at the centre. The day begins with early morning  aarti to Bhaarata Maataa, service activities gets start. There is no distress is seen around the camp. No one is made to sit idle. Full of joy, activity, enthusiasm seen exists at these centres.  There are Samskara Kendra’s, Stitching Centers; Food Serving Centers are running simultaneously.

Special news  :

Hundreds of the Muslims are there in these rescue camps.. They denied to stay in camps run by Madarsas and other Muslim Organisations.

Poojya Swami Baba Ramdev Maharaj personally visited three Camps. He spent few hours with the affected people and Karyakartas. He was very happy about the manner in which these centers have taken work.

BBC has telecasted 90 minutes programme on these activities.

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav searched for the the telephone number of relief camp and personally spoke. He expressed his gratitude for the Seva Work.  He and his department is fully co-operating with the work, he said. He thanked all the karyakarthas involved in rescue operation.