54thousand flood affected people served relief by UBSS in 36 blocks of 12 districts

Relief work by Utkala Bipanna Sahayata Samiti (UBSS) for flood affected people


The Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti (UBSS) was established in 1982 as a voluntary Organization to serve the destitute. It is registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, India bearing registration No. 18869/9 of 1982-83.
The UBSS is a network of dedicated volunteers drawn from varied walks of life. It works with many other like-minded organizations from where it gets disciplined work force to carry out rescue, relief and rehabilitation work in a systematic way.
It made its first valued contribution in the aid of flood affected people of the state Orissa in the year 1982 itself. Since then it has been working for the social welfare & upliftment of the downtrodden and underprivileged.
Be it flood, cyclone, famine, sunstroke or any form of natural calamity or accidents, the dedicated volunteers of UBSS have fought against all odds to reach the people in their hours of crisis.
Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti at 2011 Flood Relief
Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti has been involved in relief work during the recent floods. UBSS has actively worked in 205 villages of 36 different blocks situated in 12 different districts affected by the floods. It has served cooked and dry food to around 53,849 people and supplied around 85,000 water pouches.

Along with this, victuals like biscuit packets, chuda (flattened dry rice pellets), jiggery; articles for daily use like candles, match boxes and even cow feed were also distributed. Sanitation activities were carried out in twenty-one different places by people belonging to seven different voluntary organizations.
More than 450 volunteers worked day and night for over two weeks among the affected people in 205 villages of 36 blocks in the districts of Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Katak, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendujhar, Angul, Sambalpur and Bargarh. The number of beneficiaries exceeds 55 thousand. About 54 thousand people were supplied cooked food, dry food and fodder for cattle. More than 3500 people were benefitted from health services made available by the UBSS. A team of seven doctors and seven Para medical staff are still working among the affected people in the interior parts of Kendrapada and Jajpur district. The most remarkable service rendered by the dedicated workers of the Samiti was that they supplied nearly 4 thousand bottles of drinking water among those surrounded by dirty water after collecting the empty bottles from different places. This is a service for which the administration had already expressed its inability to do anything.

In the ensuing days, the Samiti has chalked out a plan to provide more health and sanitation services on priority basis as quick fix against the after effect of the flood. Distribution of clothes to the needy will also be carried out on priority basis. In the long run the Samiti has planned to provide study materials to the needy students as well as promote animal husbandry among the rural folk.
Statistics of Seva Work as Flood Relief:

District No. of Block No. of Village No. of Beneficiary Karyakarta
Total Food Health
Sambalpur 02 05 1225 1225 - 15
Bargada 02 02 500 500 - 10
Angul 02 03 420 420 - 32
Khordha 02 17 509 - 509 13
Puri 05 85 11331 10119 1212 158 X 5days
Nayagada 01 02 150 150 - 05
Katak 05. 13 2224 1735 489 54 X 5days
Kendrapada 04 12 5740 5000 740 26 X 4days
Jajpur 05 18 10600 10600 - 56 X 5days
Bhadrak 05 15 7900 7900 44 X 8days
Kendujhar 01 12 8200 8200 - 15 X 4days
Jagatsinghpur 02 21 8542 8000 542 36 X 5days
Total 36 205 57385 53849 3536 459


AN APPEAL
In these hours of crisis, Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti has come forward to serve the distressed as it has been doing since 1982. We need your support, cooperation and participation to normalize the situation and restore the normal life.

We appeal to all individuals, sections and organizations of the Society irrespective of caste, creed and religion to come forward and help the ill-affected. We need all kinds of support from you.

Secretary
Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti
Donation can be given in the Account No:024010100043982, AXIS BANK, SATYANAGAR, BHUBNESWAR in favor of UTKAL BIPANNA SAHAYATA SAMITI, BHUBANESWAR.
You can send Cheque / Draft / Cash / Materials in the name of “Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti” to the following address
Utkal Bipanna Sahayata SamitiPlot No-41, Sector-A, Zone-D, Mancheswar Industrial EstateBhubaneswar-751 010, Odisha
Donations given to Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti shall qualify for deduction U/S 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (vide letter No.-ITO (Tech)/80G-160/2006-07, Dt. 09.05.2007, valid up to assessment year 2010-2011 & onwards ) in the hands of Donors.

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