Gurugram residents join hands to help Kerala flood victims
Gurugram residents are doing their bit to help people in Kerala, which is facing its worst flood in nearly a century.
City residents are doing their bit to help people in Kerala, which is facing its worst flood in nearly a century.
People from different parts of the city are coming together to collect items of daily use and basic medicines.
Many parts of Kerala have been washed out in incessant rains. The death toll in the state has reached 180. Rescue efforts are underway to save stranded people. At least 324 people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents.
Anish Pillai, who hails from Pandalam in Kerala and works in Sikandarpur, has created a network of centres, along with his friends, for collecting clothes, medicines, sanitary napkins, mosquito repellents and other items of daily use.
“We got many calls from residents who asked us how they could help. So we got in touch with a resident in Sector 57, who is collecting donated items at her house. We will collect the items and send them to Kerala in trucks,” he said.
For transport, Pillai and his group are in touch with the All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), which is sending its trucks with relief materials to the affected state as well.
Ambika Handa, a resident of Sector 57, has kept a box for donations outside her house. She said she had received many responses from her neighbours and friends.
Tanisa Dhingra, who lives in DLF Phase 1, is collecting relief material such as rice, pulses, blankets, and tents with the help of her neighbours. She said she has also a sent a mail to all her colleagues asking them for help. “Starting Monday, we plan to keep boxes for donation on every floor in the office,” she said, adding that she has tied up with an NGO, which will take care of the transport.
Sakshi Gupta, a yoga teacher, is organising a free group yoga session at the Leisure Valley Park in Sector 29 from 7 am to 8 am for those who are donating to the chief minister’s relief fund.
“I have put out posts on social media with a link to the fund. Anyone who donates can send a screenshot of the payment to my personal email address, in order to sign up for the class,” she said.
Residents of condominiums are doing their bit. Vatika City in Sector 49 and Vatika India Next in Sector 82 have placed multiple drop boxes for relief supplies within their premises. Residents of Fresco Apartments in Sector 50 have done the same.
Schools in the city are taking steps in this regard as well. Scottish High International School in Sushant Lok-2 plans to talk to its students and ask for their support. “In Monday’s assembly, the head boy and the head girl will brief the students about the donation drive. We will be collecting items till Wednesday and transport them to Kerala,” said Sudha Goyal, director of the school.
Lancers International School in DLF Phase 5 is collecting supplies such as rice, sugar, towels and water. “One of our representatives will soon send the supplies to Kerala,” said Rohit Mann, director of the school.
How to contribute:
Get in touch with Anish Pillai at 9711045511.
Ambika Handa can be reached at ambika.handa@rediffmail.com
Contact Tanisa Dhingra at 9910050005, 8800484727.
Donate to the CM relief fund through: https://donation.cmdrf.kerala.gov.in/