• 01/24/2023

  Disaster Update- Restoration Activities

  Disaster Update- Rebuilding Activities
  'When we rebuild a house, we are rebuilding a home. When we recover from disaster, we are rebuilding lives and livelihoods.

  Our sincere gratitude extends out to our donors at DV Network for standing with us in facing the mammoth challenge of bouncing back with Chardi Kla. We are grateful for their full faith in all our endeavours. We are grateful for the support of DVNetwork in this fight. Our restoration activities have been funded with the assistance of the DV network and donors. In our previous update, we did share about the restoration of the essential services pertaining to food, study and day-to-day basis needs. Post the restoration of these services, we picked up the rebuilding activities with the Almighty's blessings and your continuous support. We would like to share with you the latest updates on the various rebuilding activities we have been involved with

   

  1. Construction of New homes for the Labour residences.

  The residences of the labour at Baru Sahib were badly affected as they were in the lower floors. The heavy flooding of the water not only damaged the walls and floors but also created an alarm to cope with such a situation in future. Management at Baru Sahib unanimously opinionated for the safety of the labour homes and took a decision to construct new homes for them on the upper level of a nearby building to ensure the safety of their family members.

  Pics of the ongoing construction activities is shared below.

   

  

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  2. Installation of the New DG Set for ensuring a continuous power supply

  An old DG Set was badly affected and needs to be repaired thoroughly. Since it was damaged heavily, the cost of repairing was huge. DG set being critical for emergency needs, a new DG set was installed. 

   

  3. Restoration of Puratan Kacha Kotha Gurdwara

  Being on the lower floor, the old Kacha Gurdwara was affected very severely. The waves of the flooding water caused significant loss to this old building. In the rebuilding activity, floor repairing, wall repairing and repainting of the walls was executed. Pics are shared below

  

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  4. Repairing the Printing Machinery

  The printing room having printing machines was on the lower floor and the choking of the water affected the machines severely. All the printing machines were repaired and all the damaged components were replaced. 

  

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  5. Providing new computers and associated peripherals

  The computers which were damaged by the heavy choking of the water and strong tides of flood water were replaced with the new computers. Total 20 computers were replaced along with the required peripherals.

  

   

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• 10/11/2022

  Disaster Relief Update

  'Sharing is caring' is an old adage and is a universal truth.

  We are indebted to the kind support we have received from our donors at DV Network and feel grateful from the depth of our heart to stand with us in facing the mammoth challenge of bouncing back with Chardi Kla.  We are grateful for their full faith in all our endeavors. Thanks to DVNetwork too for being together in this fight. With the help of DV network and donors, we have been able to collect funds to work upon the various restoration activities. With the Almighty’s blessings and your continuous support, rebuilding and restoring is picking up its pace. We do wish to share with you the updates for the various activities

  Team of Electricians, Plumbers from Akal Academies across states, and others, along with locals, reached Baru Sahib to help repair and restoration work 

  1. Restoration of Langar Hall

  First and Foremost priority was to make sure that the food as a most critical need is ensured for everyone. The team first approached the Langar hall by clearing all the debris, deposits followed by repairing and re-installing all the equipments.We are glad to share with you that Langar Hall is fully functioning now and serving the food to everyone there. 

  

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  2. Restoration of Mess for the Kids

  Managing the food supply of thousands of students without a functional mess is a big challenge. Post the restoration of the Langar Hall, the team took up the restoration of the Mess. Mess was quite significantly affected as it has most of the furniture. With the hard efforts of the team, Mess is restored now.

  

  
  3. Resuming of the Classes

  Amid the panic, management was very much concerned to resume the classes at the earliest. Post the restoration of the basic necessities, Management resumed the classes with all the safety and security provisions and kids are happy to resume their classes.

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  4. Restoration of the Old Gurdwara (Kacha Kotha)

  The Old Gurdwara Sahib at the lower level was affected too. Team had cleared all the debris and deposits and the repair work is in progress. Till the time of repairing, Prakash of Guru Granth Sahib is shifted to other place.

  
  Please refer to the link for the review 

  5. Restoration of the External road

  The external road at the Baru Sahib was very badly damaged by the flood. Debris brought by the flood was spread all across the road. Cracks were developend and holes with water logging made the commuting impossible. JCB machines were arranged to remove all the debris and deposits followed by the cleaning. Since, the road is damaged very badly, team of engineering consultants is taken into loop to repair the road with all the required provisions so that a similar event in future does not lead to the same damage again.

  With all your prayers and the blessings of the Almighty, Kalgidhar Trust Baru Sahib is bouncing back—and bringing normalcy to their campus with your support.

  
  The management is committed to ensuring that all children are safe during this period of crisis and is working to provide a safe and quality life for all residents on its campus.

  We are grateful to you for your kind support and helping us in fighting with this natural calamity. Kindly do spread the word for enabling more and more people to contribute for this cause. DV Network has facilitated "Double the Donation" and your kind act would help in doulbling the impact.

  Wishes from Baru Sahib!

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