In a bid to strengthen communal harmony and spirit of brotherhood, the State Branch of the Indian Red Cross Society and Youth Red Cross in collaboration with the District Red Cross Branch, organised a social service camp at Idgah in Kuansa of Bhadrak district on Friday on the occasion of Eid.
Bhadrak MlA and former Minister Jugal Kishore Pattanik and district Collector and Chairman of District Red Cross Branch laxmi Narayan Mishra jointly inaugurated the camp.
Beside distribution of drinking water and other amenities to the Muslims, the Red Cross members also distributed various awareness materials on dengue, diarrhoea, malaria, water and sanitation, flood, cyclone and Jan Aushadhi generic medicines among the locals.
Over 200 Red Cross volunteers including Youth Red Cross counsellors, Jan Aushadhi pharmacists and staff members of IRCS-OSB participated in the camp. Among others, Secretary of IRCS-OSB Dr Mangala Prasad Mohanty, Youth Red Cross Officer Dr Sarita Supkar, Bhandaripokhari MlA and former Minister Prafulla Samal and Zilla Parisad President Janab Abdul Bari were present at the camp.