The Anand Marg Universal Relief Team (AMURT) was also among the various bodies that conducted relief operations in the disaster affected areas of Uttarakhand.
According to regional AMURT secretary, Allahabad, Devkripanand Avdhut, the team set up relief camps in Agastyamuni, Ukhimath, Jakholi, Vasukedar and Chandrapuri apart from which a group of 18 volunteers had been supplying relief materials to 22 disaster affected villages.
The relief team has so far transported six truck loads of food items, utensils and clothes to the affected areas.AMURT volunteers have visited various affected villages including Vijaynagar, Urkhand, Dankot, lamgaudi, Rayasu, Kyark, Palakhurali and other villages and distributed relief kits and food materials to more than 1,100 families.
A total of 126 bereaved families had been provided family kits each comprising 10 kg rice, five kg each of pulses and flour apart from one litre oil, sugar, tea leaves, one plastic bucket, utensils, mat, canvas and torch among other items.
Torches have been given to more than 4,000 affected persons so far.
AMURT aims to distribute 11,000 blankets and warm clothes in the affected areas apart from facilitating the upbringing and education of 200 orphaned children in Delhi and Dehradun.