Students and student organisations from the city have come forward to help the flood-affected people from Chiplun, Sangli and Kolhapur districts. They have decided to provide drinking water and sanitary cleaning material to the flood-hit parts after the people there informed about scarcity of the same.
Members of one of the students’ organisations which has taken the lead, “Youth the Power to Change”, are packing kits containing cleaning material. Rohan Shetty, president of the organisation, said, “Ever since the floods in Chiplun, Sangli and Kolhapur districts, we have been in continuous touch with our friends and other people there. With the waters now receding, the major issue faced by the people is how to clean their houses and shops. As there is no cleaning material available to them, we decided to make cleaning material kits and send them to Chiplun. Each kit includes a small bucket, scrubber, detergent powder and other necessary items.”
Along with cleaning kits, the organisation is also sending 1000 litre of packaged drinking water for the benefit of the flood-hit people. A few collection centres have been set up around the city where Punekars including students can come forth and donate cash or material towards the cause.
Another youth organisation which goes by the name, “Vande Mataram Sangathana” is focusing exclusively on the distribution of drinking water through public contribution. The organisation has decided to collect 1 lakh litre of packaged drinking water through public donations. “We have started the initiative since yesterday and appealed to students and Punekars to come forward and help the flood victims. The situation has got so worse that Chiplun will not have clean drinking water for the next three weeks. Punekars have responded whole-heartedly to our appeal and within a day’s time, we have collected 31,000 litre of packaged drinking water,” said Sachin Jamage, state executive president of the organisation.
{{/usCountry}}Another youth organisation which goes by the name, “Vande Mataram Sangathana” is focusing exclusively on the distribution of drinking water through public contribution. The organisation has decided to collect 1 lakh litre of packaged drinking water through public donations. “We have started the initiative since yesterday and appealed to students and Punekars to come forward and help the flood victims. The situation has got so worse that Chiplun will not have clean drinking water for the next three weeks. Punekars have responded whole-heartedly to our appeal and within a day’s time, we have collected 31,000 litre of packaged drinking water,” said Sachin Jamage, state executive president of the organisation.
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