Tag: Andra flood 2009
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From flood affected Andra
Budwarpet Day 2 started with frenzied activity as the medical team from AIMS Cochin and the small group of dedicated devotees from the Hyderabad centre of the Math led by Br. Raghunath who manages the Math’s Hyderabad Centre, started sorting the large quantity of medicines that had come from AIMS and also those sponsored by the local devotees, into groups for easy distribution. The scores of sacks of rice were made into smaller packets to be distributed at different flood affected villages. The team with nearly 30 members started for the place where a small canopy (shamiana) had been erected…
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Flood relief in Kurnool
Around 4 AM on the 5th of October there was a call from Amma enquiring on the on flood situation in Andhra Pradesh. I conveyed the information that I had gathered from the media and also our devotees circle in AP. The situation there was pretty bad and it was said that this was the worst floods in a 100 yrs. The AP administration was totally unprepared for this kind and this scale of flood, though it is said that part of it was due to their making. Amma than sent me to AP to co ordinate the relief work…