This video has been recorded by BDT, and gives u a glimpse of what is the ground situation.
Pretty grim ,really.
Thank you Dev Ji and Dr.Ravi.
This is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Friday, August 24, 2007
Bihar flood video on youtube
Have uploaded a video of flood relief op. under taken by Bihar Developement Trust(BDT), Bhagalpur
This video has been recorded by BDT, and gives u a glimpse of what is the ground situation.
Pretty grim ,really.
Thank you Dev Ji and Dr.Ravi.
This is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09vChSx-Hq8
This video has been recorded by BDT, and gives u a glimpse of what is the ground situation.
Pretty grim ,really.
Thank you Dev Ji and Dr.Ravi.
This is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Updates from Chandan
Folks
A better day today, much better :)
The water level has gone down in Benibaad and Gaighat block (the area where the highway breach had occurred) , its good sunshine for almost two days now and things are looking much better.
State government machinery is now working well to deliver food grains and other relief materials to flood victims. This is something that really amazes me..I mean the kind of delivery mechanism the government has; in two days flat, meetings are held, priorities fixed and relief materials delivered. The best NGO's would struggle to keep up with this pace. It feels so good.
The problem this year was the timing. When the S.O.S came, the government machinery just stood transfixed, as if paralyzed. Why ?
Is it because the hierarchical chain of command is non functional/ unreliable, or because its not practical. Don't know, but they better figure out a system in which major decisions during a natural calamity is not person centric or post centric, and command centered in Patna. They should have been localized to panchayat, block and district level. The person in charge on the ground is in best position to judge the scale of calamity and take appropriate action.
Example to cite is the efficiency in which the DM took charge in Badhaiya embankment breach last week or 10 days back. He was there within 30 minutes of the embankment breach,and personally evacuating persons trapped there. The result; the buzz spread around, and army choppers were there within 2 hours of the breach. Some 100000 live stock are taking shelter now in the neighboring districts.What would have been the reaction time, if the DM was not present. Would the decision making capability of ADM or person in charge be clouded by the fact that DM is not there and he would accountable for any thing that goes wrong. You know, Gautan Gauswamy episode is not entirely forgotten. These things play on your mind.
In Muzaffarpur district, I.P.S officer, Ratna Sanjay, took charge immediately as flood waters started breaching in. He is working 24x7 since then to provide relief to the victims. He takes relief material to the most inaccessible comers of affected area..he has worked the whole unit up as a really well oiled state mechanism. The policing in Muz'pur district has been excellent.
And you go there and ask any person about this gentleman, and you hear them talk about him in very high regard.This is what we need.And may his tribe increase in our state.
Tomorrow, Dr.Ravi and Mr.Sanjay( Mr.Mishra's recommended volunteer) will take chlorine tablets to be distributed in their respective areas.Day after, I start working in Madhubani district.
cheers,
chandan.
A better day today, much better :)
The water level has gone down in Benibaad and Gaighat block (the area where the highway breach had occurred) , its good sunshine for almost two days now and things are looking much better.
State government machinery is now working well to deliver food grains and other relief materials to flood victims. This is something that really amazes me..I mean the kind of delivery mechanism the government has; in two days flat, meetings are held, priorities fixed and relief materials delivered. The best NGO's would struggle to keep up with this pace. It feels so good.
The problem this year was the timing. When the S.O.S came, the government machinery just stood transfixed, as if paralyzed. Why ?
Is it because the hierarchical chain of command is non functional/ unreliable, or because its not practical. Don't know, but they better figure out a system in which major decisions during a natural calamity is not person centric or post centric, and command centered in Patna. They should have been localized to panchayat, block and district level. The person in charge on the ground is in best position to judge the scale of calamity and take appropriate action.
Example to cite is the efficiency in which the DM took charge in Badhaiya embankment breach last week or 10 days back. He was there within 30 minutes of the embankment breach,and personally evacuating persons trapped there. The result; the buzz spread around, and army choppers were there within 2 hours of the breach. Some 100000 live stock are taking shelter now in the neighboring districts.What would have been the reaction time, if the DM was not present. Would the decision making capability of ADM or person in charge be clouded by the fact that DM is not there and he would accountable for any thing that goes wrong. You know, Gautan Gauswamy episode is not entirely forgotten. These things play on your mind.
In Muzaffarpur district, I.P.S officer, Ratna Sanjay, took charge immediately as flood waters started breaching in. He is working 24x7 since then to provide relief to the victims. He takes relief material to the most inaccessible comers of affected area..he has worked the whole unit up as a really well oiled state mechanism. The policing in Muz'pur district has been excellent.
And you go there and ask any person about this gentleman, and you hear them talk about him in very high regard.This is what we need.And may his tribe increase in our state.
Coming back to the current situation, the water level is receding. That means rotting vegetation,carcasses,human n animal excrete and lots of other rotting organic waste will be concentrated in a smaller area, and will be exposed to heat and humidity. Ideal conditions for diarrhea, cholera and other water borne diseases.
We have our work cut out. Chlorine tablets, ORS/ anti diarrhea medication. We are continuing to do so.
It was also a pleasant surprise for me when Mr.Ramnathan Anand (www. ifaw.org) called up at 2.00AM yesterday from Mexico and informed that IFAW(International Fund For Animal Welfare) will be helping us to get fodder/medications/vaccinations for the affected livestock and stray animals,stranded and suffering because of the flood.
Personally I feel this is a very positive step towards putting our State on the International animal welfare radar. These guys are helping thousands of animals in distress throughout the world, and hence I had approached them through WTI to help us in Bihar. They accepted. This is a start, and also an indicator that there are donors who want to help us, but we have to approach them and put our case honestly.Tomorrow, Dr.Ravi and Mr.Sanjay( Mr.Mishra's recommended volunteer) will take chlorine tablets to be distributed in their respective areas.Day after, I start working in Madhubani district.
cheers,
chandan.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Acknowledgement from C.O, gaighat
This is an acknowledgement for what C.O, gaighat received,
he has also given a signed, stamped acknowledgement of the same, which I will have to scan and post.
dr.ravi has already ackowledged what he received.
Btw them they hav 96000 cl. tablets and 7bundles of polythene
i hav a bundle of polythene and 4000 tabs + all the sechdule H medicines Tanya sent
this wraps up the first lot.
Second lot( 18 cartons) is still packed.
Kindly advice who these should be distributed to.
cheers,
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: sudhanshu2kr < >
Date: Aug 17, 2007 8:33 PM
Subject: Cool Bihari Flood Victims of gaighat Block
To:
Dear Friends
Thanks to you all for all efforts you made and your sensiblities shown
towards flood victims of Bihar . In Gaighat Block I received relief
materials from your contributions so far are as follws :-
Chlorine Tablets :- 86000
Polythene Sheets :- 4 Bundle
Match Box - One Cartoon
Edible Salt - One Quintal
candle - One bag
All these materials are being distributed to Flood Victims of the
Block Through panchayat Level Officials Like Panchayat Sewaks , Halka
Karmacharis , ANM and all these people are doing there best So that
all these relief materials to go to right hands.
My Sincere Thanks to Mr. Chandan who So far has done a great job
for flood victims of Bihar. His endeavour and efforts are highly
appreciable. Persons Like Mr. Chandan are ray of hopes for the poor
people of Bihar.
Apart from these we have started getting sufficient relief
materials from our Government side also.We are disributing around
45000 Quintal of Grains , One Quintal for each faimily of the
Blocks.We have distributed around 3000 pieces of Polythenes to the
Displaced People.Although continuous rains are creating so many
hurdles , But our official teams , Panchayat Representatives, even
Police personnels are doing great Job with high Spirit.
Once again thanks to you all and hope that sentiments shown by you for
Bihar will not slow down.
Sudhanshu
--
Chandan Singh
Executive Director
GreenPower India
Updates from Chandan - 19th Aug
Folks,
Diarrhea is already broken out in the three districts we are working. The block level doctors are under pressure to contain this epidemic,and are doing their best...with what they have.
We have chlorine tablets, and some antibiotics(1000)Paracetimol(1000),anti diarrhea tabs(1000) and some bandages and cotton.
We need ORS sachets and anti diarrhea tablets.
We continue to distribute chlorine tablets till then.
Now we are having a fresh wave of floods and this is likely to deteriorate the already creaking state relief mechanism.
Hajipur Muzaffarpur highway is under water near Turki..
It was really exciting to drive through one feet of water,for close to 2 km's with just the knowledge..that there is supposed to be a highway below ur vehicle., when all u see around is a sea of water. Its also an awesome adrenaline trip...n u really really want to rip:)
Darbhanga -Madhubani highway is almost not traversable, and Muzaffarpur Sitamadhi highway is down and out.
The flood is not over. The most important thing is that we continue working with this intensity till we reach a point where we feel that we cannot do anything more to help these victims.
Update; Just had talk with Mr Sanjay, (Mr.Mishra's volunteer) he will be in Samastipur day after morning. I will be taking 2 lac chlorine tabs for him, which according to him will be sufficient to provide safe drinking water to all the stranded families in kalyanpur and wazirganj block, the most affected. They will seek help of Dr.D.G.Mandal( Retd Govt Doc) and he would be with us during the relief operation.
Many ppl are also suffering from stomach upsets caused by eating chura/uncooked meals/ irregular diets. Although these are not diarrhea cases, they are creating ground for secondary disease like diarrhea.
We are really working good as a team ..
"Together" is a very powerful thing.
There is nothing that we cannot do, if we are determined.
Thanks for being there, thanks for walking together.Well, we still hav a long walk ahead..so, lets stick around :)
--
Chandan Singh
Executive Director
GreenPower India
Saturday, August 18, 2007
5 Lakh chlorine tablets delivered to Chandan
Folks,
Have received 5 lac chlorine tablets from Bhopal.
Would like to thank Mr. Gowswami ( Hind Pharma,Bhopal) for the urgency he showed in dispatching the consignment, also for really good waterproof packing, and for trusting us and sending the consignment without taking any advance payment.
Am planning to distribute these in Samastipur and Kalyanpur block.
Would like to have inputs from any of us who know someone in these districts, as would prefer to get the distribution done through a known channel.
Or, suggestions about how we should go around distributing them.
cheers,
Have received 5 lac chlorine tablets from Bhopal.
Would like to thank Mr. Gowswami ( Hind Pharma,Bhopal) for the urgency he showed in dispatching the consignment, also for really good waterproof packing, and for trusting us and sending the consignment without taking any advance payment.
Am planning to distribute these in Samastipur and Kalyanpur block.
Would like to have inputs from any of us who know someone in these districts, as would prefer to get the distribution done through a known channel.
Or, suggestions about how we should go around distributing them.
cheers,
Thursday, August 16, 2007
50 Kg Medicines & Clothes sent to Red Cross Patna from Hyderabad
Today we posted 50 Kg Medicine and clothes through GATI shipping services to Red Cross Patna.
GATI has offered shipping at minimum basic cost 1006/- for 50Kg.
I would like to thank all contributors on behalf of flood affected people.
1.> Thanks to Hyderabad based NGO Annapurna for providing Chlorine Tablets.
2.> Thanks to BHEL Hospital to for providing Antibiotic medicines.
3.> Special thanks to Jyoti Prakash Lal Sir (Wipro Technologies, Hyderabad) for his providing 500/- for Shipping.
4.> I would like to thank Mr. RL Dwivedi & Mr. PS Mohendra of M/S GATI for offering their service at minimum cost.
5.> Thanks to Rajesh Ranjan & Prabhat Shukla for helping in BHEL township also contribution in shipping. (They will post their detail separately)
Please find attached snap of receipt & relief
materials.
Regards,
Vivek
Hyderabad
Updates from Gaighat - Chandan
Folks,
Sorry about the delay on yesterdays report.
All the relief materials were delivered to Mr.Sudhanshu, Circle officer,Gaighat yesterday afternoon;
In all,
Chlorine tabs 82000
Polythene sheets; 320 ft x 6 ft, 45Kg, four bundles,
Iodized salt 50 kg
One carton candles
One carton matchboxes
were handed over to his office. The receipt for the same has been given to me.
The condition at Gaighat is hellish, to say the least. As you cross Ahiyapur chowk and enter into Gaighat block..you immediately feel the contrast between these blocks.
Gaighat is still submerged, the whole block. In the 15 km stretch on the national highway... there was not a
single place where flood victims were not taking shelter.There is no possibility of any crop left, both standing ad
Taking shelter is the wrong word, as there is nothing to take shelter in. These victims are staying on the parallel highway being built along with there livestock. There would be close to 5000 livestock stranded in the open.
Whatever material these victims could scavenge to make a shelter, they are using it to shade the fodder, livestock and babies.
Relief is a farce. A laugh.And you dont have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out.
They are living marooned by sea of water under incessant rain.Yet they are positive.They are helping themselves and each other through this nightmarish experience.
What was also so different about these tough folks..was the absence of fear and hatred or aggression.
They hav taken this personally..and working out the problems one by one. They are obviously very disheartened wid the government.. which provides them a handful of chura- gur; once in three days or so.
No NGO's here. Red Cross, it seems, have not even ventured here, so are the others.Only UNICEF has made rounds in these areas are have really worked wid women and children marooned inside the villages.
Water problem is bad..hand pumps being the only source..apart from rainwater. The water from hand pump is
filtered but contaminated( common during floods)
Mr. Sudhanshu was kind enough to get his medical team which is attending cases of diarrhea in the interiors. They would be distributing the preventive medicines for outbreak of any water bound diseases.
we had some talk on what medicines they need and they would be sending us the list of medicines if and when needed.
We are doing good.But a lot more has to be done.
There is such a huge water body..sitting there..feeding itself with rain and water from Kamla .
Its going to take time.. and sustained honest effort to get this region back on its feet.
And a lot of determination.
Timely intervention/help is the key factor in disaster management.
Our government had failed miserably on this count. As a victim wryly added "ab hazaaro rupiya sarkaar daet to kaun kaaz ke; jab doo rupiya ke jaruat rahaie.tab ta saahib sab suttal rahin"( Whats the use if the Govt.gives us thousands of rupee now; when we needed help of two rupees..they were sleeping off)
cheers,
chandan
Sorry about the delay on yesterdays report.
All the relief materials were delivered to Mr.Sudhanshu, Circle officer,Gaighat yesterday afternoon;
In all,
Chlorine tabs 82000
Polythene sheets; 320 ft x 6 ft, 45Kg, four bundles,
Iodized salt 50 kg
One carton candles
One carton matchboxes
were handed over to his office. The receipt for the same has been given to me.
The condition at Gaighat is hellish, to say the least. As you cross Ahiyapur chowk and enter into Gaighat block..you immediately feel the contrast between these blocks.
Gaighat is still submerged, the whole block. In the 15 km stretch on the national highway... there was not a
single place where flood victims were not taking shelter.There is no possibility of any crop left, both standing ad
Taking shelter is the wrong word, as there is nothing to take shelter in. These victims are staying on the parallel highway being built along with there livestock. There would be close to 5000 livestock stranded in the open.
Whatever material these victims could scavenge to make a shelter, they are using it to shade the fodder, livestock and babies.
Relief is a farce. A laugh.And you dont have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out.
They are living marooned by sea of water under incessant rain.Yet they are positive.They are helping themselves and each other through this nightmarish experience.
What was also so different about these tough folks..was the absence of fear and hatred or aggression.
They hav taken this personally..and working out the problems one by one. They are obviously very disheartened wid the government.. which provides them a handful of chura- gur; once in three days or so.
No NGO's here. Red Cross, it seems, have not even ventured here, so are the others.Only UNICEF has made rounds in these areas are have really worked wid women and children marooned inside the villages.
Water problem is bad..hand pumps being the only source..apart from rainwater. The water from hand pump is
filtered but contaminated( common during floods)
Mr. Sudhanshu was kind enough to get his medical team which is attending cases of diarrhea in the interiors. They would be distributing the preventive medicines for outbreak of any water bound diseases.
we had some talk on what medicines they need and they would be sending us the list of medicines if and when needed.
We are doing good.But a lot more has to be done.
There is such a huge water body..sitting there..feeding itself with rain and water from Kamla .
Its going to take time.. and sustained honest effort to get this region back on its feet.
And a lot of determination.
Timely intervention/help is the key factor in disaster management.
Our government had failed miserably on this count. As a victim wryly added "ab hazaaro rupiya sarkaar daet to kaun kaaz ke; jab doo rupiya ke jaruat rahaie.tab ta saahib sab suttal rahin"( Whats the use if the Govt.gives us thousands of rupee now; when we needed help of two rupees..they were sleeping off)
cheers,
chandan
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
31 Kgs Cloths send to Red Cross - Patna
Today I dispatched 31 Kgs of Cloths to Red Cross - Patna through courier.
The relief material is expected to reach the Red Cross office within 2 days.
Cost : 31 x 90 = 2790/- (90/- per kg)
I would like to inform everybody here that not everyone has the guts or kind heart to come forward and help people in distress. We are having bad experiences too when we try to seek people's help. I came across Post Office personal in Bangalore - Yelahanka for not entertaining my request to send relief material to Patna. We are getting cold response from Red Cross people in Bangalore and Hyderabad too.
Lets take this as challenge and keep our moral up. We will go to any length to help people in Bihar.
I have attached few snaps of Relief Material which I dispatched to Red Cross - Patna.
Ashok
updates from Bhagalpur - Dr ravi Chandra
Dear Friends,
FYI
we visited maksadpur gaon,banjani panchayat, jagdishpur block, bhagalpur.
we carried chlorine tablets n three rolls of polythene given to us by chandan.
we carried chura gur for food also.
the village was cut off by floods and we were able to reach by walking into the water at places waist high.
The situtaion is too bad.My first experience in disaster situation.Fight brokeout between villages to get packets of chura gur. Somehow we managed.
Polythens sheets were too risky so we took home visits and then distributed.
Surprisingly, bhagalpur side relief operation is not there.Administration as well as ngos presence is lacking. We are too small to make a impact.
as the discussions goes on,may be we can focus on two-three villages max to provide some relief. There is risk for another break in of river tonight. It would be havoc.
I would like to thank all of you for the belief in us to carry out relief work. We have recorded in video camera and would like to upload on some common site where you can see it. situation is too grim to believe it.people are rioting to get relief material in narayanpur area. even a truckload is not enough.
is someone can influence the bihar admin on bhagalpur side, do help us. we will like to do our small bit to provide volunteers and coordinate.
regards
ravi
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
stock/distribution status as on 13-aug-07
Folks,
To the best of my knowledge, this is the present stock/distribution status;
Stock position as on 13th Aug 2007,7.00PM@Patna
Already distributed:
Additional 5 lac chlorine tabs would be sent tomorrow by train from Bhopal,and I should have it by Friday. Rajiv is coordinating with Bhopal for the same.
It has been raining for the last two days...and today it was bad.Roads are really really bad. Had to make numerous detours.Also, in flood affected areas, one gets mobbed of everything that is in the vehicle,once it is known that we are carrying relief materials. Hence am traveling early morning.
Attached are details of three villages from Kalayanpur bock where someone who is known to Vivek can coordinate and monitor sustained relief after the flood water recedes.
We are doing good.
cheers,
To the best of my knowledge, this is the present stock/distribution status;
Stock position as on 13th Aug 2007,7.00PM@Patna
- Polythene Sheets; 5 rolls; Each roll is 11.5 Kg; ( 80 feet X 4 feet) 320 sq.ft
- Chlorine Tablets; 85 boxes of 1000 tabs each
- Paracetamol; 1000 tablets
- Ciprofloxacin ;1000 tablets
- Metronidazole: 500 tablets
- Gauge ; two packets(dispensary pack)
- Cotton; one roll(dispensary pack)
- Salt ; 50 kg
- Candles;200 packets(12 candles each)
- Matchboxes;10 boxes; around 500 odd pc.
Already distributed:
- Polythene Sheet : 3 no. of roll (or 240 feet) to Dr. Ravi Verma, for distribution from Bhagalpur.
- Chlorine Tablets; 10 boxes of 1000 tabs each Dr. Ravi Verma, for distribution from Bhagalpur.
- Salt, ORS,matchboxes,clothes,biscuits etc were distributed yesterday and today from my contribution.
Additional 5 lac chlorine tabs would be sent tomorrow by train from Bhopal,and I should have it by Friday. Rajiv is coordinating with Bhopal for the same.
It has been raining for the last two days...and today it was bad.Roads are really really bad. Had to make numerous detours.Also, in flood affected areas, one gets mobbed of everything that is in the vehicle,once it is known that we are carrying relief materials. Hence am traveling early morning.
Attached are details of three villages from Kalayanpur bock where someone who is known to Vivek can coordinate and monitor sustained relief after the flood water recedes.
We are doing good.
cheers,
Monday, August 13, 2007
Updates from Chandan - 12 Aug
Folks,
Today morning left for Samastipur, and met the representatives of kodai village; these guys had suffered loss of large number of livestock within last 10 days or so, and I had to ascertain whether this is due epidemic breakout in livestock.had to confirm the report and arrange for remedial measures.Luckily, the conditions were not so dire as reported.
Moved further to vasirnagar block through ujjairpur, and distributed clothes, candles matchboxes, salt, chlorine tabs( 4000) to gram panchayat representatives there; took samples of animals for lab testing and was back to Patna.
The flood situation is slightly better, with water receding in almost all pockets.Drinking water is being procured by villagers from hand pump and from the river. Food grain scarcity is very obvious..also stuff like oil, salt matchbox,turmeric etc...these are procured from the nearest town or bazaar. The cost of these things have gone up.
Kalyanypur block is the worst effected..it is still reeling under the damages it sustained. There is almost total loss of food grain in that block..and infrastructure is visibly affected.
The road between Muz'pur and Darbhanga is functional now.Tomorrow morning will leave for Gaighat... shud be there by 9am; will be meeting shudanshu ji, C.O, Gaighat and work out how best we can provide help to them. Worth mentioning here is the presence and efficiency of Bihar government team, it felt very nice. Also , red cross is doing commendable job.
Will be handing over the supplies of chlorine tabs/plastic sheets/salt/matchboxes/candles /clothes to him for Gaighat block. Will also be meeting the block vet. officers
Two lac chlorine tabs would be dispatched from Bhopal tomorrow..should receive them by tue- wed.
The overall picture is slightly better now with roads transport being functional...but still...a LOT has to be done.
We will do all we can.. and then some more:)
--
Chandan Singh
Today morning left for Samastipur, and met the representatives of kodai village; these guys had suffered loss of large number of livestock within last 10 days or so, and I had to ascertain whether this is due epidemic breakout in livestock.had to confirm the report and arrange for remedial measures.Luckily, the conditions were not so dire as reported.
Moved further to vasirnagar block through ujjairpur, and distributed clothes, candles matchboxes, salt, chlorine tabs( 4000) to gram panchayat representatives there; took samples of animals for lab testing and was back to Patna.
The flood situation is slightly better, with water receding in almost all pockets.Drinking water is being procured by villagers from hand pump and from the river. Food grain scarcity is very obvious..also stuff like oil, salt matchbox,turmeric etc...these are procured from the nearest town or bazaar. The cost of these things have gone up.
Kalyanypur block is the worst effected..it is still reeling under the damages it sustained. There is almost total loss of food grain in that block..and infrastructure is visibly affected.
The road between Muz'pur and Darbhanga is functional now.Tomorrow morning will leave for Gaighat... shud be there by 9am; will be meeting shudanshu ji, C.O, Gaighat and work out how best we can provide help to them. Worth mentioning here is the presence and efficiency of Bihar government team, it felt very nice. Also , red cross is doing commendable job.
Will be handing over the supplies of chlorine tabs/plastic sheets/salt/matchboxes/candles /clothes to him for Gaighat block. Will also be meeting the block vet. officers
Two lac chlorine tabs would be dispatched from Bhopal tomorrow..should receive them by tue- wed.
The overall picture is slightly better now with roads transport being functional...but still...a LOT has to be done.
We will do all we can.. and then some more:)
--
Chandan Singh
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Bihar Flood relief Meet at BHEL Hyderabad-reg.
Dear Biharis,
A meeting was organized at the International Club at BHEL Hyderabad
Township. The participants were:
1. Manohar Poddar
2. Amitabh Jha
3. Prabhat Shukla Ranjan
4. Ajay Kumar
5. Shaukat Ali
6. Amit Sinha
7. Devraj Thakur
8. Rajesh Ranjan (1 to 8- all BHEL)
9. Vivek Kumar (from NCR Corp)
The situation in flood affected regions in Bihar was discussed and
collected some money and clothes as well. The following have been
decided:
1. Money and clothes (well pressed in good condition) shall be
given to Prabhat Shukla Ranjan, OFE Tech (Qtr. No. 142 D, Near IC,
BHEL T/s. Ph- 9912565618)
2. To purchase 1 lakh Chlorine tablets to be distributed among
the flood victims. The money collected shall be used to purchase
these tablets. It is hoped if we could increase the number of
tablets.
3. Everybody shall provide their native contact details to
Prabhat so that the relief efforts may get some reinforcements.
4. Medicines from BHEL hospital shall be collected by Birender
Kumar and Prabhat.
All the collected items including medicines and clothes shall be
sent to the flood victims through Red Cross society of India or
Courier on Wednesday. Hence, everybody is expected to contribute
latest by 14.08.2007 (Tuesday evening).
Myself will be in Varanasi on 15 Aug and would be arranging for
further relief materials from BHU and other sympathetic people.
Hereby, I would request you all to come forward for contributions in
whatever you can and suggest us the ways for better implementation
of relief works and start a chain reaction of help to our needy
Bihari brethren.
Best Wishes,
Rajesh Ranjan
Design Engineer
BHEL, Hyderabad
Cell-9441227547
A meeting was organized at the International Club at BHEL Hyderabad
Township. The participants were:
1. Manohar Poddar
2. Amitabh Jha
3. Prabhat Shukla Ranjan
4. Ajay Kumar
5. Shaukat Ali
6. Amit Sinha
7. Devraj Thakur
8. Rajesh Ranjan (1 to 8- all BHEL)
9. Vivek Kumar (from NCR Corp)
The situation in flood affected regions in Bihar was discussed and
collected some money and clothes as well. The following have been
decided:
1. Money and clothes (well pressed in good condition) shall be
given to Prabhat Shukla Ranjan, OFE Tech (Qtr. No. 142 D, Near IC,
BHEL T/s. Ph- 9912565618)
2. To purchase 1 lakh Chlorine tablets to be distributed among
the flood victims. The money collected shall be used to purchase
these tablets. It is hoped if we could increase the number of
tablets.
3. Everybody shall provide their native contact details to
Prabhat so that the relief efforts may get some reinforcements.
4. Medicines from BHEL hospital shall be collected by Birender
Kumar and Prabhat.
All the collected items including medicines and clothes shall be
sent to the flood victims through Red Cross society of India or
Courier on Wednesday. Hence, everybody is expected to contribute
latest by 14.08.2007 (Tuesday evening).
Myself will be in Varanasi on 15 Aug and would be arranging for
further relief materials from BHU and other sympathetic people.
Hereby, I would request you all to come forward for contributions in
whatever you can and suggest us the ways for better implementation
of relief works and start a chain reaction of help to our needy
Bihari brethren.
Best Wishes,
Rajesh Ranjan
Design Engineer
BHEL, Hyderabad
Cell-9441227547
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Updates from Chandan - 11 Aug
Folks,
These are the relief materials that I have with me now;
Medicines:
- Chlorine tabs-90 packs (90000 tabs)
- Clozole-V6-75 strips of 6 tabs
- Cancap-VT-90 strips........."
Polythene sheets(courtesy Mr MM Verma)
8 bundles (20x2)meters double layer
Given to Dr.Ravi;
- Chlorine tabs-10 packs(10000 tabs)
- Polythene sheets- 3 bundles
These medications are supposed to reach tomorrow;
- Metrogyl,
- Antibiotics,
- Betadine.
I have procured these for distribution,
1000 match boxes,
500candles
Alum( fitkiri) around 20 kg..will buy more en route
Clothes(dhotis/bedsheets/children/women)
1000 match boxes,
500candles
Alum( fitkiri) around 20 kg..will buy more en route
Clothes(dhotis/bedsheets
Tata salt 50 kg
More or less this is the present stock.
What we need
- Chlorine tabs...more..more
- Clotrimazole anti fungal antibacterial dusting powder*
- Oral re hydration salts( ORS)
- Boric powder( dusting)
- Polythene sheets
We hav been supplied Clotrimazole tablets..which has the same generic composition as 'clotrimazole antifungal antibactarial dusting powder*' but in a very high concentration. We can crush these tablets and add talcum powder to bring it to 1% w/w, and then repack and distribute. But I would rather avoid this as this is a schedule H drug, So, we will source this powder in the next lot or buy it locally (75gm/Rs 36/Cipla)
I am gathering more stuff.
Will leave tomorrow after collecting the remaining medicine..Two Greenpower volunteers are reaching Patna tonite,will be helpful for me
Plan to hand over a portion of relief materials to Mr. Sudhanshu, CO,Gaighat and move toward Darbhanga. If I can reach Kusheshwar sthan , then there are people there who can take up distribution for deep interiors.
Next move in to Jitwaria( possibly Monday) Give relief material to Vivek's folks and actually try to form a base for distribution in that area.Jitwaria is 4 km down from from Kalyanpur(13 km from Samastipur). I should be able to drive in to Jitwaria, so that could well be base 1 for further aid involvement.
News coming in from flood hit areas already indicate large number of diarrhea cases..so most important thing in this week would be ORS and anti diarrheal tablets.
Me and Ravi are working out how to make sterile ORS available to a larger section of people.
We should concentrate on medicines (chlorine tabs/ ORS) primarily..at least for this week.
Chandan Singh
GreenPower India
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+91 99317 63070Hyderabad based NGO Annapurna supporting us in our initiative
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Subject: Urgently need your help
Dear Annapurnites,
An emergency situation has come to my attention. The floods in the Indian states of Bihar, UP, and Orissa has rendered 1000s of families homeless. About 1100 villages have been affected and cut off due to the floods. A colleague of mine, Vivek Kumar, hails from one of those villages named Jitwariya, Samastipur district, Bihar (110 from Patna, 150 Km from Varanasi).
These news article have a little information:
Vivek is trying to help the people affected by collecting old clothes and medicines and handing it over to the Red Cross India - Hyderabad office so they can package the items and mail it to Red Cross in Patna. Here is the link to Red Cross India branches: http://www.indianredcross.org
I request your urgent help in the matter. If you have any old clothes that you can donate, here are 2-3 ways you can get them to me.
1. At Lal Bazaar hostel tomorrow, there will be an Annapurna drive between 4 pm and 6 pm. You can bring the clothes there.
2. Hand them to any one of the Annapurna volunteers as below by sunday evening by making an arrangement accordingly.
Here are the volunteer names and numbers:
Aditya Madineni: xxxx
Sai Prasanth: xxxx
Shrikant Babar:xxxx
Myself / Ganesh: xxxx
3. At my home, you can drop the clothes anytime by sunday evening.
The only major requirement is that the clothes be clean and ironed. This is the only way Red Cross will accept them. We need to send this by monday morning. So, this requires urgent attention.
In addition, Annapurna will also sponsor medicines and chlorine tablets (to sanitize the water).Currently, there is shortage of clean drinking water and people are using the flood waters for drinking. This will cause diseases. Adding chlorine tables to water helps sanitize it.
Please spread this message to your friends and help this cause.
If you wish to help in any other way, please let us know. Please keep in mind, that this requires urgent attention.
Regards,
Hema
Updates from Bangalore
Friends,
We had a very good meeting today in Bangalore. We were able to discuss some of the the plan that we can take forward in the second stage of flood relief operation.
Attendees:- Naveen Sharma, Divyanshu, Ashok Sharma, Nitish and Sanjeev
Venue:- Anand Coaching Center, BTM layout B'lore( Courtesy Anandji)
Following is the detailed description of agenda discussed in the meeting:-
1) We collected a substantial amount of clothes and Ashokji couriered it to IRCS Patna, thru DTDC as Bangalore IRCS was non-committal towards that.
2) The members in the meeting, addressed the need to identify the problems in the post flood scenario,that can be solved thru a virtual group like us.
3) Being a virtual group, with a large number of members living outside Bihar, it was identified that we do not have a large number of local presence in Bihar. This puts an operational limitiation on what we can achieve with our efforts.
4) Naveen Sir came up with a proposal that if we can identify a village in North Bihar( being most badly effected in flood), where we have a good local guardian, then we can adopt that village and start development work there.
Since our very own Vivek's ( Hyderabad), village Jitwaria( near Samastipur), has been badly affected by the flood, it was decided that we can put our efforts towards improving the life of people of Jitwaria.In this initiative we can be very well supported by Uncle and Aunty ( Vivek's parents), as they are based there .
5) Naveen Sir will send a detailed mail regarding this initiative throw it open for discussion within the group.
6) We also talked to Chandan in Patna over phone, and he has advised us to arrange sending antibiotic powder as a part of relief material.
regards,
Divyanshu
We had a very good meeting today in Bangalore. We were able to discuss some of the the plan that we can take forward in the second stage of flood relief operation.
Attendees:- Naveen Sharma, Divyanshu, Ashok Sharma, Nitish and Sanjeev
Venue:- Anand Coaching Center, BTM layout B'lore( Courtesy Anandji)
Following is the detailed description of agenda discussed in the meeting:-
1) We collected a substantial amount of clothes and Ashokji couriered it to IRCS Patna, thru DTDC as Bangalore IRCS was non-committal towards that.
2) The members in the meeting, addressed the need to identify the problems in the post flood scenario,that can be solved thru a virtual group like us.
3) Being a virtual group, with a large number of members living outside Bihar, it was identified that we do not have a large number of local presence in Bihar. This puts an operational limitiation on what we can achieve with our efforts.
4) Naveen Sir came up with a proposal that if we can identify a village in North Bihar( being most badly effected in flood), where we have a good local guardian, then we can adopt that village and start development work there.
Since our very own Vivek's ( Hyderabad), village Jitwaria( near Samastipur), has been badly affected by the flood, it was decided that we can put our efforts towards improving the life of people of Jitwaria.In this initiative we can be very well supported by Uncle and Aunty ( Vivek's parents), as they are based there .
5) Naveen Sir will send a detailed mail regarding this initiative throw it open for discussion within the group.
6) We also talked to Chandan in Patna over phone, and he has advised us to arrange sending antibiotic powder as a part of relief material.
regards,
Divyanshu
Friday, August 10, 2007
Updates from Mumbai
The first shipment of chlorine tablets and other medicines is expected to reach Chandan tomorrow (Sat). Professional Courier had called up Tanya in the morning and informed her that the shipment will be delivered on Sat morning.
Betadine, which was part of the first shipment, was sent today to Chandan as the airline had refused to carry it yesterday (it was in liquid form and they needed some kind of documentation for the same).
We have located a manufacturer in Bhopal for chlorine tablets who has quoted 5000 for 1ooK tablets. We have got these tablets tested and have received positive feedback on effectiveness of these tablets.
We plan to buy 200,000 chlorine tablets on Saturday and courier (surface transport) it to chandan.
Chandan will be leaving for flood affected areas tomorrow and more updates on his plan can be found out in the previous posting.
Betadine, which was part of the first shipment, was sent today to Chandan as the airline had refused to carry it yesterday (it was in liquid form and they needed some kind of documentation for the same).
We have located a manufacturer in Bhopal for chlorine tablets who has quoted 5000 for 1ooK tablets. We have got these tablets tested and have received positive feedback on effectiveness of these tablets.
We plan to buy 200,000 chlorine tablets on Saturday and courier (surface transport) it to chandan.
Chandan will be leaving for flood affected areas tomorrow and more updates on his plan can be found out in the previous posting.
Updates from Chandan
Folks,
We are doing good progress here. We have clothes, medicines and trampolines/plastic sheets and loads of good wishes.
Will be leaving tomorrow for Gaighat after receiving the chlorine tablets.Today met Dr.Ravi and had really good interaction wid him regarding the job at hand. I will be giving him 10000 chlorine tablets and some plastic sheets for relief work from Bhagalpur.
Today a gentleman named Sri Madan Mohan Verma (USA) has arranged for trampolines/plastic sheets worth Rs5000 to be delivered at Patna. I will be picking it up on way to muzaffarpur. I am pasting the letter he had sent day before; .........
Dear Chandanji:
I have come to know of you through Atul's postings at the <> e-group.
I am sorry to know of your personal loss, and am highly impressed by your vigorous relief efforts in spite of it.
I wish to send some supplies like polyester and plastic sheets/rolls. But I need a delivery address for it.
Could you please let me know how best I can have them delivered to you. Your address, for instance.
Warmest regards and best wishes,
Sincerely,
M. Varma
.............................................................
That was a couple of days back...and today I receive a call from his cousin at Patna informing me that the materials hav been procured and that I can pick them up whenever I needed it.
I am humbled. And touched. By the fact that so many of you hav come forward to extend unconditional help despite your professional /personal commitments and busy schedule.
Thank you Mr Verma for such prompt action, its really very nice of you and all others who hav been helping us through these turbulent and testing days.
Its so heartening to see this kind of concern and willingness to help the flood victims coming from all corners of the world. may God bless you all and may your tribe increase.
cheers,
We are doing good progress here. We have clothes, medicines and trampolines/plastic sheets and loads of good wishes.
Will be leaving tomorrow for Gaighat after receiving the chlorine tablets.Today met Dr.Ravi and had really good interaction wid him regarding the job at hand. I will be giving him 10000 chlorine tablets and some plastic sheets for relief work from Bhagalpur.
Today a gentleman named Sri Madan Mohan Verma (USA) has arranged for trampolines/plastic sheets worth Rs5000 to be delivered at Patna. I will be picking it up on way to muzaffarpur. I am pasting the letter he had sent day before; .........
Dear Chandanji:
I have come to know of you through Atul's postings at the <> e-group.
I am sorry to know of your personal loss, and am highly impressed by your vigorous relief efforts in spite of it.
I wish to send some supplies like polyester and plastic sheets/rolls. But I need a delivery address for it.
Could you please let me know how best I can have them delivered to you. Your address, for instance.
Warmest regards and best wishes,
Sincerely,
M. Varma
.............................................................
That was a couple of days back...and today I receive a call from his cousin at Patna informing me that the materials hav been procured and that I can pick them up whenever I needed it.
I am humbled. And touched. By the fact that so many of you hav come forward to extend unconditional help despite your professional /personal commitments and busy schedule.
Thank you Mr Verma for such prompt action, its really very nice of you and all others who hav been helping us through these turbulent and testing days.
Its so heartening to see this kind of concern and willingness to help the flood victims coming from all corners of the world. may God bless you all and may your tribe increase.
cheers,
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