From: smita gandhi
Please find information about the rehabilitation activity for the flood affected people in Purni district in bihar, carried out by The Rashtra Seva Dal. I am associated with this organisation for a long time.
Rashtra Seva Dal’s Rehabilitation work in flood affected Bihar.
Name of Organisation: Rashtra Seva Dal, (RSD), Pune.
Address: Rashtra Seva dal, Central Office, SaneGuruji Smarak, Sinhagad Road, Pune, 411 030.
Phone No.020- 24336110
Contact Personnel: Arvind Kapole, Hemalata Patil (M) 9822950225
Fax: —
Email: <b.rajendra6@yahoo.com>
Website: —
Head of Organisation: Shri Bharat Latkar
Designation: President
Area of operation in Bihar: (names of villages/ relief camps/ districts) Villages in Purnia District
Focus of work:
1.Reconstruction of 5-6 classrooms of a school in a village near Poornia in Bihar that were washed away in the flood. It was done by the agricultural women labourers in the village who belong to the local Rashtra Seva Dal unit of Purnia.
2. RSD central office has remitted Rs. 1 lakh on 2nd September, 2008, to strengthen and supplement these local initiatives. The estimated cost of the reconstruction of the class rooms is Rs. 6 lakhs.
3. Other rotine relief activities are also carried out.
List of materials/ services needed: —
Collection points:
Any other information: a) Smt. Sudhatai Varde (Tele. No. 022- 261991315) is monitoring the operations over there.
b) Contact Person at Purnia.: Shri Alimuddin Ansari ( Tele. No. 06454 202822/ 242822
Thanks.
With Regards,
Smita Gandhi,
(Reader, Department of geography, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Kalin. Mumbai, 400-0198, Tele. No. 022- 26542728