To help the less privileged combat the harsh cold wave sweeping the Indian Red Cross Society, Odisha State Branch is carrying out a blanket distribution drive for the migrants and the street dwellers.
Like every year this year too, the drive is being carried in different parts of the State . The Odisha Red Cross (RC) has launched the drive under the guidance of IRCS honorary secretary IRCS CTM Suguna. The blanket distribution programme is being carried out at different parts of the State capital like Uttara Square, Dhauli, Kalpana Square, Rajmahal Square, Ram Mandir Square, Acharya Vihar Square, Kalinga Standium and Master Canteen and it would continue. Junior Red Cross officer Laxman Swain , first- aid coordinator Gulshan Das, Gyanada Prasad Sahoo, Chandan Kumar Swain , Ashok Kumar Das and Sanjay Kumar were involved. The beneficiaries have thanked the organisation for the humanitarian work.