Under the guidance of honorary secretary Indian Red Cross Society Odisha State Branch Bibhuti Bhusan Pattnaik, the World Red Cross Day with the theme "Everything we do comes from the heart" was held at Uparbedha village in Mayurbhanj district— the birth place of President Droupadi Murmu.
A relief distribution programme was organised at Uparbedha and Kusumi under the supervision of District Emergency Officer Sujay Pati and State Junior Red Cross Officer Laxman Swain. Different relief materials like tarpauline, kitchen set, mosquito net, bucket, mug, towel, hygiene kit etc were distributed.
Member of the Managing Committee of Indian Red Cross Society Subodh Kumar Singh joined as chief guest and praised the great initiative of the Red Cross. JRCO Mayurbhanj Smruti Ranjan Pani and social mobiliser Lilapunyatirtha Swain coordinated.
Principal Badampahad College Biranchi Narayan Mahant, YRC Counsellor Jitendranath Dalai, Headmaster Uparbedha Government School Sarat Chandra Giri, Kishore Kumar Rajak, Sarpanch Yamuna Hembram, Ward Member Indramani Hembram, Singharai Bankera, Reena Hembram, Elohim Chandragiri, Ramachandra Hembram, King Kong Mandal, Bubble Poorti and Hatal Gudi Ulli were present.
Youth Red Cross volunteers Humility Mahanth, Ricky Mahanth, Madhusmita Behera, Tapaswini Giri, Mama Panda, Soumya Ranjan Dalei, Manas Ranjan Matia helped. Lilapunyatirth Swain oriented the villagers how to manage lightning and snakebite which is a major life threatening issue of the area.