The team sent by Shantikunj to provide succour to the trembler-ravaged people of Nepal has returned here after around two months. They are said to have distributed relief items worth `3.5 crore among the quake survivors. The team comprises around one thousand followers from Shantikunj. The tremblor rocked Nepal on April 25.It is learnt that the followers of Shantikunj pitched relief camps in many places across Nepal like Kathmandu, Bhakatpur, Dholka, Gorkha and Sindhupal Chowk.
It is pertinent to mention that various mission and industries donated `42,58,034 and the same was submitted to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Relief Fund by the district administration of Haridwar. Besides, 60 trucks carrying various items donated by the various NGO’s, hospice, mission and industries for the disaster- hit people were also sent to Nepal whose estimated costs is about `6.5 crore. Patanjali Yogpeeth also set up 30 base camps across the twelve districts of Nepal to provide support to the disaster - hit people. Around thirty thousand volunteers of Patanjali Yogpeeth and Bharat Swabhiman Trust provided services round the clock.
Till date more than 500 children whose parents are missing or dead have been adopted by Patanjali Yogpeeth. In-charge of the disaster relief cell of Shantikunj Rakesh Jaiswal informed The Pioneer that things are inching back to normalcy in around thousand villages across Nepal. Thousands of various materials, including tripol sheet, blanket, rice, wheat flour, pulses, cotton mattress, utensils, thermostat flask, school dress, books and copies and life saving drugs, were distributed among the survivors.