Neelakantheswar Temple Service Committee Extends Helping Hand to Flood Victims; Relief Distributed to Over 1,500 Peoplev

News, Odishabarta

Berhampur, November 5: Demonstrating the true spirit of humanity and social responsibility, the Sri Sri Sri Neelakantheswar Temple Service Foundation Committee of Berhampur has come forward to support flood-affected people in different parts of Ganjam district by distributing relief materials to more than 1,500 people.

Even seven days after the floods, people in several remote and inaccessible areas of the district were facing difficulties in accessing adequate food and other essential commodities. Understanding the hardships of the affected families, members of the temple committee organised relief distribution programmes in Nuagada, Brahmanidei and Laxmi Bazaar areas of Asika.

The relief materials included rice, potatoes, soya chunks, biscuits and other dry food items. Cooked food such as pulao and khurma was also distributed among the affected people. Besides food items, essential clothing, including trousers, shirts, lungis, sarees and bedsheets, was provided to needy families.

The relief operation was actively coordinated by committee president Kalikinkar Patra along with Jagadish Panigrahi, Ajay Kumar Dalai, B. Prashant Patra, Kedar Panigrahi, D. Veerabhadra Rao, Jagannath Panda, Akash Muli, C.H. Srinivas Rao, Manoj Panda, Mohan Swain, Ranjan Gauda, Sukanta Panda, Kumar Behera, Shambhu Kumar Dalai, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Ashwini Patnaik, Shiva Prasad Panda, Mukesh Raul and Shankar Raul, among others.

Ananta Ram Pradhan, editor of the weekly newspaper Omkar Darpan, and its district correspondent Prafulla Chandra Behera also extended their support and participated in the humanitarian initiative.

Students of Rushikulya Degree College, Sorada, actively joined the relief distribution programme under the leadership of Hrusikesh Mishra, Programme Officer of the college’s National Service Scheme (NSS).

The collective humanitarian initiative has emerged as an example of community participation and social commitment during the difficult post-flood situation. The organisers emphasised that the primary objective of the initiative was to serve humanity beyond the barriers of caste, religion and social status.

Committee president Kalikinkar Patra expressed his gratitude to all committee members, NSS volunteers, students and other supporters who extended their cooperation in making the relief distribution programme successful.