Uttarakhand Shelters

In November Rtn. Hari Ratan made a trip to the village of Khumera Mala to hand over the shelters that were built for those affected by the floods.

He went with Rtn. Dr Nischal Pandey who had made all arrangements for the trip and who was instrumental in the conception and success of the project.

The shelters are located on the top of a hill and overlooking the Kedarnath mountain range in the Himalayas.

Rtn. Dr. Nischal Pandey with beneficiary Nanda Devi.

Rtn. Hari Ratan with the beneficiary Nanda Devi. In may of 2013 she lost her husband in a landslide and in June her house was swept away in the floods.

Relief to residents of the Village of Irukkum in Pulicat Lake.

The Club was approached by the residents of the island seeking help in the form of food. The lack of opportunities due to unseasonal rains resulting in their crops being damaged left many residents of the island in difficulties.

The RC Chennai Kilpauk put together Rice, Dhal and Oil for 400 families on the island and distributed them.

This was a joint project of the RC of Madas, RYA Metro and RC Chennai Kilpauk.

The island is about 60 Kms from the city of Chennai and as a reason of it being inside the Bird Sanctuary and also due to its not so easy accessability the island has seen little development in terms of infra structure, there is no school, medical support on the island.

 

Uttarakhand flood relief - Shelters for village Khumera Malla

The Rotary Club of Chennai Kilpauk swung into action instantly, on hearing of the great damage caused to humans and their property in the Hill State of Uttarakhand.

Monies were sent out immediately to the Rotary District relief fund and to RC of Srinagar, Garhwal.

Later Dr Nishol Pandey of Rotary EClub visited us from New Delhi and made a presentation on the work being carried out by his Club in Uttarakhand and RCCK immediately made  a transfer of unds to fund the erection of shelters for the village Khumera Malla up in the Himalayas.

The shelters are now done and ready to be handed over to the villagers.

Shelter at Village Khumera Malla, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand Relief

Rtn. Dr. Nischal Pandey of E Club of Rotary District 3170 was the speaker at our regular meeting on 6th September 2013. He made a presentation on the relief work his club is carrying out in Uttarakhand. His pictures showed the extent of damage to assets in the disaster areas and the sufferings of the people. The RC Chennai KIlpauk is happy to be associated with his Club's project of adopting a village in Uttarakhand.

The RC Chennai Kilpauk had already sent out Rs 100,000 to two Rotary clubs in Uttarakhand in June 2013. A sum of Rs 345,000/- will be sent to Dr Nischol's Club for further relief. We hope to be associated with the E Club of District 3170 in the long term.

The meeting was well attended by Presidents and Secretaries of Rotary Clubs in the city and the District Chairman for Community Services was also present.

Dr Nischol at a relief camp in Uttarakhand with other Drs, he is in the far right.

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