IRCS team calls on Guv, updates on relief camps
Source: Chronicle News Service / DIPR

Imphal, July 23 2023: A team of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), New Delhi led by Disaster Management advisor Reena Tripathy and Managing Committee member Dr Ash ok Kumar Singh along with IRCS, Manipur chairman \aren dra Ningomba, and two other members called on Governor Anusuiya Uikey at Raj Bhavan on Sunday and apprised her about the prevailing condition of relief camps and problems faced by the internally displaced people staying in relief camps.

The team informed the Governor that they visited various relief camps in Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Churachan-dpur, Kakching and Thoubal districts and met people and enquired about the facilities provided to them.

They further informed that in most of the camps, there is a need to improve sanitation, while in some of the camps, people are congested and there is shortage of essential medicines, which was especially seen in Churachandpur district.

Patients with diseases like cancer, diabetes and renal problems requiring special attention are also present in the relief camps.

The team then submitted a detailed report to the Governor and requested her to look into the difficulties faced by affected people and to take up necessary measures to assist them.

The team also recommended for initiating psychosocial support through trained volunteers, cleanliness drives in and around relief camps, and wellness programmes for school going students.

In response, the Governor assured them that all possible help will be extended to the violence-affected people staying in the relief camps..

She said that she herself had visited many relief camps in hill and valley districts and interacted with people from time to time.

She continued that she had instructed the chief secretary to take up special measures to provide all essential requirements to the needy people staying in relief camps.

The Governor then advised the IRCS delegation for arranging tents to minimise congestion in relief camps arid further stated that priority should be given to those who are in need of assistance.

She also asked the team to distribute items in consultation with the district administrations concerned, while appreciating the team for their efforts in extending all possible help as a philanthropic organisation for the sake of humanity.

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