Rotary provides 1400 dry ration bags in Dhanas

Rotary Club of Chandigarh delivered 1,400 dry ration bags in Kachhi Colony in village Dhanas.

Rtn Jatinder Kapur and two Rotractors, Abhishek and Bhupinder accompanied the SDM Central Shri Nazuk Kumar, supervised the distribution of the dry ration.
  
“This is the most equitable distribution system, and each house is marked with house number, number of families and number.of souls living there," informed Rtn Jatinder Kapur.

Bhavan Old Students Support Chandigarh Police

BOSS (Bhavan Old Students Society), the alumni arm of Bhavan Vidyalaya Chandigarh brought water bottles to the police working around the tricity today, in an attempt to show their solidarity with the Corona crusaders. 

Mr. Vinay Aggarwal, President BOSS, along with Teacher Coordinator, Ms. Radha Bahuguna met senior IPS officer, Ms. Neha Yadav and SHO Mr. Aman at the Sector 39 Police Station, handing over water bottles, which would then be distributed amongst police personnel around the city. This initiative was envisioned by Mrs. Vineeta Arora, Senior Principal, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, who motivated BOSS members be responsible citizens and do their bit in supporting the police personnel, who have been on duty, round the clock, in the wake of the lockdown, following the COVID 19 pandemic. 

Gagan Chowdhary, a senior member of the Alumni association, informed that this initiative was designed keeping in view the needs of the police force, who have been deployed extensively around the city in various tasks.  'With summer setting in and temperatures rising, water becomes an essential commodity,' said Gagan.

The handing over of water bottles was carried out this morning, after ensuring all safety precautions at the Sector 39 Police Station, Chandigarh. These were handed over by Mr. Vinay Aggarwal, President BOSS alongwith Mrs. Radha Bahuguna to senior IPS Officer, ASP Ms. Neha Yadav and SHO Mr. Amanjot Singh at Sector 39 Chandigarh Police Station.

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Dry Ration for families in sealed village Faidan from Rotarians

Chandigarh, 9 April:  Rotary Club of Chandigarh has volunteered to provide 1000 bags of dry ration after every five days, to familes inside village Faidan which was recently sealed down in the city, informed President Rotary Club Chandigarh Surinder Pal Kaur.

The supplies were handed over today to the Administration by President Surinder Pal Kaur, accompanied by past presidents Rtn Anil Khanna, Rtn Baldev Aggarwal, and Rtn Pankaj Khanna.

Deputy Commissioner Mandip Singh Brar commended the Rotarians for their continued support to the Administration in these challenging times.

Former world President of Rotary International Rajendra K Saboo informed that village Faidan located adjacent to Sector 48 which was sealed, is inhabited by nearly 3700 families (19,000 residents) who need ration supplies, and Rotary Club shall be providing 3,000 dry ration bags over a period of three weeks, i.e. 1000 bags every week.  

Each bag contains one week supply of 5kg Atta, 2kg rice, 2kgs Dal, 1 Kg sugar, 1 litre oil, 1/2 kg salt,  200gms of turmeric red chilli powder, jeera etc, costing Rs 590.

Rotarians supervise the packing of each bag at the vendors approved and selected by the Chandigarh Administration, and will be spending almost Rs.18 lakh for this humanitarian project which is being contributed by club members, informed President Surinder Pal Kaur.

The Club is already supplying daily 500 cooked meals each for lunch and dinner for junior doctors and nurses to PGIMER and 400 meals each in the afternoon and evening for the daily wage earners and migrant labours, thanks to the active involvement of Rtn Kawal Bedi, a past district governor of the club, in coordinating the activities and raising funds.

Bhavan Vidyalaya contributes 7 lakhs to PM CARES Fund

Bhavan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh has contributed a sum of Rs.7 Lakh towards the Prime Minister's PM CARES Fund to tackle the Corona Virus pandemic.

The school's staff members including teachers and clerical staff of the school contributed their 1.5 days' salary to the fund, and the management contributed an equal amount.

The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund was created on the 28th of March 2020 by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contributions of the school to the fund shall be used to combat, contain and undertake relief efforts against the coronavirus outbreak across India.

The school is also doing its bit by contributing to the food being arranged for 500 people daily, in collaboration with other schools in the Tricity.

Rotarians on the forefront of fight against COVID19

Rotarians had been doing their bit behind the scene and taking care of the medical supplies as well as feeding the hungry in the city.

Past Rotary International President Rajendra K Saboo along with members of Rotary Club of Chandigarh had been spearheading the task force to help the Administration and the medical authorities.

Rotary Club Chandigarh had been supplying N95 masks for doctors, as well as gloves and 3-ply masks for the nurses and paramedic staffs.

Already 50 N95 masks, 25,000 3ply masks, 200 PP gowns and 10,000 examination gloves have been supplied to PGIMER, informed Club President Surinder Pal Kaur. 

The Club is arranging another consignment of 1000 PPE sets for the doctors of PGIMER and 500 PPE for GMCH Sector 32, she said.

The Club has already spent over Rs.12 lakh for the medical supplies alone so far, she added, while another senior Rotarian of the Club, Past District Governor Kawal Bedi is coordinating the daily supply of 1000 food packets for the junior doctors and nursing staff in PGIMER.

In so far as the food for the daily wage earners and migrant labour in the industrial area, the Club has been organizing 400 food packets daily with the logistic support of DGP Sanjay Beniwal, besides 145 families in the club’s an adopted project at Saketri village have been supplied ration with the active involvement of Rtn Neenu Vij and Rtn Dr Seema Gupta.

The Inner Wheel Club members have taken care of nearly 50 families of the daily wagers supplying them with ration for a month.

Rajendra K Saboo informed that 2100 kg of rice was handed over to the Chandigarh Administration through Rotary’s District Governor Rtn Jitendra Dhingra as soon as the lockdown was announced, and is mobilizing another Rs.15-20 lakh for the Administration to arrange food for the daily wage earners and migrants.

There are Rotarians from other clubs especially in Mohali and Panchkula who are working closely with the Administration to manage this crisis situation.