Tin sheets and other building material were provided to about 15 destitute persons to mark the foundation of the Deendayal Upadhyay Yuva Vichar Samiti in the Mussoorie Vidhan Sabha constituency on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, the Mussoorie MlA and founder of this non-governmental social body, Ganesh Joshi spoke of the various works undertaken by the DUYVS since its creation in 2011. He also said that in the six years since its inception, the organisation had built more than a dozen residential structures which were provided to the destitute. The committee has also been undertaking varied efforts including the provision of assistance for marriage of women from financially weaker families, facilitating scholarships for education of children from poor families, holding of free medical camps and providing required aids to the differently abled. Philanthropic industrialist S Farooq appreciated the organisers for celebrating without much pomp but with a simple function and facilitating aids to the needy.