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Collector’s Initiative: Indian Red Cross Sends 500 Mosquito Nets for Flood Victims in Bastar

Rajnandgaon Red Cross and Udayachal Social Service Organization extend humanitarian aid to affected families

Published on: September 03, 2025
By: BTNI
Location: Rajnandgaon, India

Responding to the urgent needs of flood-affected communities in Bastar, the Indian Red Cross Society Rajnandgaon, under the leadership of Collector and Society President Dr. Sarveshwar Narendra Bhure, has dispatched 500 mosquito nets as relief aid.

The support initiative was made possible through the joint efforts of the Rajnandgaon chapter of the Red Cross Society and the Udayachal Social Service Organization, which came forward to contribute towards the humanitarian cause.

The aid consignment was formally sent to the Indian Red Cross Society, Bastar, to be distributed among families living in temporary shelters and flood-affected areas where the risk of mosquito-borne diseases has sharply increased.

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Present on the occasion were Chief Medical and Health Officer and Secretary of the Indian Red Cross Society Rajnandgaon, Dr. Netram Navratan, along with other Red Cross members and representatives of the Udayachal Social Service Organization.

Authorities expressed hope that this relief measure will help protect flood victims from diseases such as malaria and dengue, which typically rise in the aftermath of floods.

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