Disaster Relief at Uttarakhand, North India, Himalayan Tsunami

On hearing of the enormous damages to human life and property from news reports we got in touch with Rotarians in the area that was affected and found that they were doing a great job in organising and running relief camps for the benefit of those affected by the floods.

The Board of RCCK immediately authorised a payment of Rs 100,000 towards relief and the payment was made to RC of Srinagar, Garhwal and to the Rotary District 3100 Disaster Relief fund.

The Club has already received commitments of a few more lakhs and will be remitting these funds shortly.

Below is an are extracts of the email received from DGE Rakesh Singhal. RI Dist. 3100

Dear Rtn. Hariratan,

I am very thankful for your sympathetic insight to the feelings of those afflicted by this misfortune

We never knew nature could be so inconsiderate as what we are experiencing in Uttarakhand. The weird flood, land-slides have made the life of innumerable persons as hell and nature’s fury is still continuing in the form deceases, shortage of eatables - medicines, lack of accommodation and other scarcities. People are bound to live in hell like conditions and are suffering due to lack of essentials. Instead of local habitants who have either lost their dear ones or their homes or shops, but a large number of people who had gone to pilgrimage are stranded in mid way due to washed away of roads at plenty of places making their journey ahead impossible. Neither they can come back nor go ahead and are being air lifted.

Srinagar which comes in our District 3100 is also hit by this fury. But our District is doing best what it can do in such a condition. Our clubs have established relief camps not even in Srinagar but in Rudraprayag and other effected places also. Quite a large number of peoples are there in relief camps and are being offered meals, medicines, bedding and other facilities. Many families are staying there and waiting for their dear ones to join them. Our district is offering its best what it can do to the afflicted persons at various places. They will be needing our help for long time to come as the locals living there have lost their everything and have nothing to support their life. We need every kind of help viz. clothes, utensils, shelter kits, lamps, grains, cooker, stove and I am very thankful for your concern towards these afflicted persons. The bank account number is mentioned below. You can contact me any time on phone or mail about any query or feed-back. 

With warm regards,

RAKESH SINGHAL

DG 2013-14