With the collections received from Baloda Bazar and Janjgir–Champa districts, the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) will send four tonnes of rice for the flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir, said BJYM State president Anurag Singhdeo.
In a statement issued here on Monday, Singhdeo said that BJYM units of different districts are collecting donations from people in cash and kind to help the victims of J&K floods. In the first phase of collection from Janjgir-Champa and Baloda Bazar district, funds have been sent to BJYM national headquarter and four tonnes of rice will be purchased from Delhi and sent to J&K, said Singhdeo.
He said that BJYM has launched a campaign and collecting food items such as biscuits, medicines and other items besides funds from people for the flood victim of J&K. The activists are using pick-up vans equipped with sound system to appeal to the people at major squares and residential areas to come forward to help the J&K flood victims.
Meanwhile, BJYM Raipur Unit will start collecting cash, clothes, eatables and others items by moving through markets, colonies and residential areas from Tuesday. BJYM Raipur Unit President Sanju Narayan Thakur said that the campaign will be started from BJP’s State headquarters 'Ekatma Parisar' at 12 pm.
“We appeal people to come forward to help J&K flood victims as per their will and capacity. The aid will be sent to J&k after a specific time,” added Thakur.a