by some Voluntary Organisations.
by Sambuddha Gupta, Spotlight News Service,
Kolkata & Hasnabad, 31st May, 2009.
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The unaccountable plight over the South Bengal specially in North and South 24 Parganas is increasing day by day after it made a havoc upon the rural Bengal on 25th May,2009. A little measure taken by the State Relief Deptt., effort of the Military and volunteering by some NGOs could not lessen the sorrow of the unreached aila-struck people even water-logged after four days.
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A team lead by Upananda Brahmachari, accompanied by Shyamanjan, Srijan, Abhisek and Prasenjit reached at Malancha on the very next day on 29th May. A strong local team of Hindu Samhati received the relief materials including parched rice, molasses, medicines, water purifying drops etc. to march into the interiors, still water-logged.At the first point of Kanmari Market, 500 affected people served with the dry-foods and medicines over two hours relief work. Another team of HS workers took the relief materials for Shankardaha-Boyermari II, a furthest corner from Kanmari, where the treacherously nature victims are waiting for any first relief.
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The water logged main road leading to Kanmari was a problem to reach there indeed, but it was as un-explicable experience to reach Bhangipara through a totally water-logged village road taking a time over one hour. The water touched the upper knee, un-known risks of broken sides of roads, the bones of decomposed fishes and animals sharpened edges of bricks and stones , nothing could stop the volunteers of HS to reach Bhangi-para, a completely isolated hamlet of this distant area.Another 200 people were served with dietary articles and medicines here. A stock is also preserved to serve the needy people there according to there utmost need. A stock of Paracetamol tablets, Norfloxacin tablets and water purifier drops are given there to hold a depot there to combat the coming fever and gastro-enteric disorders. But everything, foods or medicines are found scarce to meet the requirement of the locality.
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Returning to Rajbari a delegation team was sent to Berh-majur, another mostly affected site for judge the severity of the situation there to start some relief work there also.The Hindu Samhati team is likely to enter into the area of Sulkuni a still water-logged up to waist level and severely damaged area in Hasnabad Block, jointly with Patanjali Yog Samity of Baba Ramdev on 30th May.
With a hard limitation of funding, Hindu Samhahti took this Seva Work or ‘The Sadhana of Service’ without favouring anybody or discriminating any one. But is a ground reality that the other relief works by other agencies and the Govt Administrations are turmoiled by the political affliction or by sear favouritsm. And it is not according to the need of the victim people as felt by them. Where food is needed, they got a black plastic tarpaulin. Where medicines are needed, they got only assurances.There are many relief camps in the road sides, where a number of distressed people are staying under compulsion and getting relief. The NGOs are coming together to perform their relief work in order to dump their relief materials un-necessarily. But the distant water-logged people still awaiting some body to provide anything for their survival.
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“Affected by the Secular Seva (relief-work), many organization are going several times to Sheikh Para of Muslim Community. But nobody dare to step in the Bhangipara Village, a mixed area of Tribal Sarder People and Scheduled Castes both Hindu in religion.”- an aggrieved Jagannath Sarder stating their situation with a demand of some medicines for his ailing neighbour and family members.The realization of Jagannath Sarder has a conformity with other Hindu victims of Aila-struck zone.
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Moreover the Muslim dacoits are venturing to loot every thing from the locked and temporarily left houses of the Hindus in this chance. Even such gangs are trying to enter into the habitated Hindu areas in night time.
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At Hasnabad Jetty the relief materials were reloaded to two motor-boats to start about Sulkuni area, where the affected people still in distress and peril. As it was ebb time, a little long time was taken to reach first point to start the Relief Work at Hamgura. The destination was cut-off from the other side of the locality and hence totally isolated.
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About 200 people took drinking water, Khichudi, Milk, Biscuit, Chida, Medicine from this point where drinking water, medicine, medical team and tarpaulin for make shift arrangements are the prime need as felt.
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Then it was time to reach the other side of River Dasha, at two different points at Shulkuni Jelepara and Benepara. These areas were mostly affected due to the fissure into the river embankment and the inhabitants left their inundated houses in order to a temporary make shift shelter in the upside embankments. 400 hundreds affected people got relief materials from Patanjali Yog Samity and medicines only for patients from Hindu Samhati.
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Over the public address system as installed in the boat, the people staying over the river embankment or the side by localities were intimated about the relief works as going on. So many people were waiting for getting the relief, as some points were still unserved by any relief work by anybody.
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One by one, the points of Char-khan Pur, Kalibari, Ghana Haoulipara, touching both sides of rivers were taken under the relief work providing dietary material, drinking water, medicines etc. where more than another 500 hundred affected people were benefited by Patanjali Yog Samity of Universal Yog Teacher Baba Ramdev. Over 1000 people were benefited as conveyed by the organisers of this Seva Karya.
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The day of hectic activities with a nonstop Seva (Selfless Service to Mankind) as an unique exposure of the ideas and ideals of Baba Ramdev as perceived by Upananda Brahmachari was eloquently narrated to this writer. The glow of satisfaction was also glittering on every face connected with is this Seva Karya.
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Returning at Hasnabad again Tapasi, Subroto, Utpal, Bakul, Laxmi all from Patanjali Yog Samiti & Bharat Swabhiman Trust conveyed their warm greetings and thanks to Mritunjoy, Debashis(Mintu), Pradip, Narayan, Atanu, Prodip, Joydeb and others actively participated with Seva Karya on behalf of Hindu Samhati, Sandeshkhali & Hashnabad units.
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Upananda, Prokash, Sujit & Prasenjit of Hindu Samhati greeted Aswiniji of Patanjali Chikitsalaya, Kanchrapara for his generous help to this Seva Karya.