The National Youth Project and the Utkal Bikash Yuba Parishad sent warm clothes for distribution among needy people in Malkangiri district on the Saheed laxman Nayak Jayanti on Tuesday under the programme “Sheeta Bastra Dana” inaugurated by veteran freedom fighter Bhabani Charan Pattnaik.
Students and youths collected Rs 20 to Rs 25 lakh and procured around 12 to 15 thousand good quality warm clothes like sweater and shawl directly from manufacturers of Delhi and ludhiana are directly contacted. We have contacted the Malkanagiri Collector for distribution among poor people, informed Parishad president Debi Prasad Prusty.
He said public sector units like Nalco, MCl, Paradeep Port, Indian Oil and Odisha Mining Corporation and big budget Puja committees should undertake “Bastra Daan” in different districts.
Youth Project convenor Madhusudan Das described the move as a step forward for nation building.
Among others, Debajani Das, Sarita, Barsha, Prof Ajaya Kumar, Imran Alli, Sagar, Som, Geetanjali, Swarnalata, Suryakanta and singer
Soma Karmakar took the lead for collection of winter garments for ‘Arpan’, a wing of the Project.