Today additional relief material dispatched to the Guptkashi and Laksar
for more than 20,000 people
·
Till now over 5000 people of remote
areas have benefitted from free medical aid by Sahara
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Ready to eat food packets, safe drinking
water, solar lanterns, blankets, bleaching powder and chlorine tablets are
being provided free of cost
Lucknow, July 1, 2013: Sahara
India Pariwar, a major business conglomerate of India as a part of its
continues endeavors to provide relief to the flood victims of Uttrakhand has so
far extended free medical aid to more than 5000 people residing in remote and
flood affected areas of Uttarakhand. The medical aid has also been provided to
the aggrieved pilgrims who have been stuck up in the region. Today relief materials
for more than 20,000 people have been dispatched to the Guptkashi and Laksar. Sahara
is providing ready to eat food packets,
safe drinking water, solar lanterns, blankets, bleaching powder and chlorine
tablets free of cost, under its relief measures.
The
region, particularly of Uttarkashi and Tehri which has been badly devastated
due to massive flood which triggered the landslides have been accessed by the
doctors and the Medical Health Unit (MHU) vans of Sahara India Pariwar. 25 medical health unit vans equipped
with doctors, pharmacists, free medicines and basic testing equipments have
been able to make their way to the remotest parts of the region despite of bad
or almost no road connectivity and damaged bridges. Health experts of Sahara
India Pariwar treated over 5000 patients most of whom were suffering from Gastrointestinal Tract (GI tract),
Skin Diseases, Cold & Cough, Fever, etc.
Sahara
is working in close coordination with State Disaster Mitigation Management
Centre and extending its support continuously to the flood affected areas. In
addition to the continuing relief support from Sahara, Mr. Ashok Roy Choudhury, Executive Director and Mrs. Kumkum Roy Choudhury, Executive
Director, Sahara India Pariwar have also offered all other possible assistance
to Mr. Surendra Singh Negi, Health
Minister of Uttarakhand. Sahara is also providing more than 20 tons of the
bleaching powders and chlorine tablets to the district administration.
For
the rehabilitation of the local populace Sahara has already announced to
construct 10,000 pre-fabricated houses
based on latest technology (which will be better in every aspect as compared to
conventional houses build in hills), under rehabilitation programme. The
pre-fabricated houses will be built at places as allotted by local
administration. Besides, Sahara will also provide complete food and household items every month to 10,000 families
for months and years, depending upon the need of these poor families.
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