Our Correspondent
The State is now facing its biggest challenge with regard to development, reconstruction and rehabilitation. It will be an uphill task, a Herculean task and a mammoth exercise to bring back life to normalcy. The cries, pains, miseries, sorrows and sufferings of the people are being heard from here also. It is clearly audible that they need help, aid and assistance.
The underlying pathos of the people were also heard and realized by the students, teachers and staff of Maharshi Sandipan Vidyapith School, Badarpur in Karimganj district, who donated a sum of Rs.11755 towards the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, Kerala. This out of the box, noble and humanely approach of the students left people wondering. The yeoman’s service, done on the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima (Raksha Bandhan) on Saturday, took everyone by surprise. More than two-third of the students and all the teachers of the school extended their helping hands by contributing money for the flood victims.
Guru Purnima (Raksha Bandhan) was observed in the memory of the last devastating and destructive flood. More than 300 students were present at the function. A number of songs based on Raksha Bandhan were performed by the students. Later, the principal of the school, Pinku Malakar, deliberated his valuable speech on the importance of Raksha Bandhan. Rakhis were tied on each boy’s wrist by the girl students.
Later, Pinku Malakar vividly described the horrors of the devastating deluge and the plight of the flood victims. All present paid their rich tributes to those who lost their lives in the flood. The act on the part of the school has set a supreme example of humanity, benevolence, kindness and compassion. This information has been shared by Gaurab Roy, assistant teacher of the School.