BAPS Charities
GUJARAT FLOOD RELIEF WORK UPDATE

Launching its relief effort within hours of the floods that have ravaged over 20 districts of the state of Gujarat in western India, BAPS Charities has continued to expand its relief efforts. BAPS Charities centers in Gujarat have set up a relief network to coordinate food preparation and distribution to the affected areas.

Over 1500 BAPS Charities volunteers have managed to prepare and distribute 185,000 food packets, and serve 325,000 hot meals in over 95 villages while coping with severely disrupted communication, transportation and electricity services. Meals were also served on railway stations, highways and wherever people were affected by flood.

In Vadodara, the most severely hit area, 50,000 people have been served hot food, 15,000 food packets have been distributed and 10,000 food packets have been given to the Collector's Office. In the Sarangpur district, the local administration has requested BAPS Charities to help distribute 60,000 food packets which has been accomplished in an efficient and speedy manner. Volunteers have also teamed up with the army to supply aid in certain areas. Where land vehicles are unable to trek in the heavily flood stricken zones, boats have been used to supply emergency aid.

BAPS Charities volunteers using boats reached some of the isolated villages and managed to rescue trapped villagers and relocated them to safer grounds. The relief effort of BAPS Charities is evolving in all the regions.