Rotary Club Commends Chandigarh Police on Gurpurab

Members of Rotary Club of Chandigarh gifted 500kgs of sweets to Chandigarh Police, on 30th November, as a mark of appreciation of the wonderful work that the force did during the hard times of corona pandemic. The sweets were distributed among those members of the police who were present, while the remaining were handed over to be sent to various police stations for distribution.

In his welcome address, Mr Ketan Bansal IPS lauded the contribution of Rotary Club of Chandigarh in reaching out to the police force and appreciating the work done by the police.

President Sukhjiit Singh Gill informed that the Rotarians have contributed money to send their best wishes on the occasion of Gurpurab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, through the efforts of Past Rotary International President Rajendra K Saboo, the guiding force of Rotary Club of Chandigarh. PDG Kawal Bedi has been a big support in raising these funds. He stated that there is a long-standing association between Rotary Club of Chandigarh and Chandigarh Police Department, and together, they have done many projects on traffic awareness, and the like.

This partnership was at its zenith during the pandemic lockdown, as Rotary Club of Chandigarh took up supplying ration and cooked food to the stranded residents. It was the daredevil staff of Chandigarh Police that came forward to distribute the cooked food and the ration to the needy.

Those present on the occasion included Rotarians Jaspal Sidhu, Dr. Nusrat Shafiq, Mandeep Singh Sodhi, and Aarti Goyal.

Rotary sends another 2000 kg mithai for army jawans

Rotarians of Rotary District 3080 have sent another 2000kg of mithai to the army jawans on boarder today. 

President Sukhjit Singh Gill informed that the Rotarians have contributed more money to send their greetings on the Gurpurab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev through the efforts of Past Rotary International President Rajendra K Saboo, Past District Governor Kawal Bedi, and the current Rotary District Governor Ramesh Bajaj.

The 2000 kg was flagged off by the President from the city to be delivered to the forward posts in Kupwara and Baramula region of Sri Nagar.

Earlier the Rotarians had sent 4000 kgs of sweets for army jawans on border on Diwali.

This is the humble tribute that we can pay to them, as the sticker on each box said, "Aap Hain to Hum Hain", said PDG Kawal Bedi. 

Rotary engages in rehabilitating fire-affected jhuggi dwellers in Saketri

Rotary Club of Chandigarh is actively engaged in rehabilitating the 47 families affected in the fire that devastated their lives on 14th November. 

President Rtn. Sukhjiit Singh Gill informed that Rotary Club had been working in Saketri village with a major community development project for the last two-and-a-half years providing sanitation, education, and health services to the children and families residing in this tenement. 

Rotarians were first to reach the site when the fire broke out at 3:15pm on 14th November and mobilised its resources to rescue the families, inform the fire brigade and the DC office. 

Today, dry ration bags were distributed to the affected residents so that now onwards they are able to cook their own meals. And the Rotary Raahat project will continue to serve these slum dwellers of Saketri

A big thanks to Rtn. Sangita Vardhan, coordinated with the local authorities to organise help, and to Rtn Dr Seema Gupta, Saketri project Coordinator, for providing the material for rebuilding of jhuggis.

The residents were immediately provided with food, blankets and masks to survive the ordeal, and a big tented accommodation was created for the affected families to spend the night. Rotarians have been coordinating with the administration for the immediate support to these slum dwellers. 

 It was on the eve of the 2018 New Year’s when Rotarians of Rotary Club Chandigarh were doing blanket distribution in Saketri that they found the slum residents in a state of absolute neglect with barely any clothes to keep themselves warm or food to eat. Rotary Club then started spearheading the community upliftment project at Saketri.  Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Vidyalaya was brought on board as the education partner for the children.  SEWA Punjab came in for implementing a holistic participatory community development program for the Saketri slum dwellers. There are 133 families having more than 500 members that are being taken care of under this holistic development project of Rotary Club of Chandigarh The educational classes for children are being run by Rotary Club for last 2-1/2 years in association with the Bhavan Vidyalaya Chandigarh