Church group moves cautiously in flood relief work

The team hopes to distribute 50 Wash Kits (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), 50 NFI and about 40 tents at Surankote today.

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New Delhi:  Caritas India, the social service arm of the Catholic bishops in India postponed distribution of relief on Friday in Surankote block of flood affected Jammu and Kashmir state not yielding to pressure from certain families.

“Families in Surankote were demanding 82 tents out of which 38 families had already received tents from the Government,” said Caritas Officer Alin Naik,

“We postponed the distribution of tents there in consultation with the Sub-divisional magistrate” he added.

Officer Naik said that the decision was taken in order that the tents are fairly distributed to many other vulnerable people in Poonch, as identified by Caritas team.

Relief distribution on Friday could not proceed beyond 91 wash kits, 5 Non Food Item (NFI) kits and 5 tents in Surankote block and in a neighboring village.

Today as planned, the team hopes to distribute 50 Wash Kits (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), 50 NFI and about 40 tents at Surankote and a few neighboring villages of Poonch district.

Meanwhile, Executive Director Fr. Frederick D’Souza expressed gratitude to the people of Delhi for pouring in financial support to Caritas’ work at Jammu and Kashmir.

“Within a couple of days from our appeal in the papers of Delhi, we are in a receipt of donations in lakhs to our account” Fr. D’Souza said.

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