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* Editorial

* First flood at Sambalpur* Flood relief work by us* Case Study* Participation in exhibition* Other BISWA News

ADVISORSKhirod Ch. Malick

Pitabash SethiJ ogeswar MajhiMakardhawj Sahu

Shiv Prasad MeherAurobinda Mahapatra

Pradeep Kumar Mohanty

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Debabrata Malick

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Guru Prasad Nahak

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FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY Communicate MindsCommunicate MindsCommunicate MindsCommunicate MindsCommunicate MindsFORTNIGHTLYVolume-18 31 J uly 2005

An incessant rain in the night of July 29th

over flooded Dhobijore, which inundatedDasmati colony and adjoining area in theearly hours of July 30th. This flash floodwas the outcome of water logging due toclosed sluice gates of Dhobijore atBalibandha on Mahanadi. This flash floodalso caused immense trouble to theHousing Board Colony residents. The hueand cry of the desperate habitants of the affected area went unheard till it waspersonally intimated to the Sambalpur Sub-Collector over phone. Even an earlier

emergency call to the control roomfunctioning at the Collectorate could not

provide respite to the desperate lot.Ultimately the Sambalpur Sub-Collectorcame to their rescue as his immediateintervene forced the Balibandha sluicegates open and let the flood water ofDhobijore receded to Mahanadi. Priorto it the habitats at Dasmati colony wherepartially submerged and their was waist

deep water started flowing on the streets. This flash flood made the BISWAoffice an island for sometime. There was another downpour in the afternoon of

July 30th

, which once again flooded the Dasmati Colony area. This time theirdistress call reached to the ears of the Collector and he came to their rescue. Hiscommanding order once again let the Balibandha sluice gates open and floodwater recede. This was the first experience of flood at Sambalpur this year.

FIRST FLOOD AT SAMBALPUR

RUMOUR HAS NO-LEGSome unscrupulous elements tried to spread a rumour onJ uly 28ththat the BISWA office was raided by vigilance department andseized lacs of rupees in cash. I t was even tried to prevail upon thelocal press to pickup the event for publication. But our competent

and vigilant press soon found out that it is a false and baselessnews. In such a way the ill-design of those unscrupulous elementscould not succeed and died a natural death


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EDITORIAL FLOOD SITUATION REVIEWThe sudden downpour causing a flash flood in the adjoiningbanks residential area of Dhobijore alarm the districtadministration in the afternoon of July 30th, while apreparatory meetings on Independence Day was going on

at the Collectorate. Sri Vishal Gagan, District Magistrate& Collector, Sambalpur convened an emergency meetingto review the prevailing flood situation in the district,wherein all the online concerned officers participated.BISWA on behalf of NGO sector also participated in it.Its Chairman Sri K.C.Malick and PRO Sri S.P.Meherrepresented the Organisation and put forth their views inthe meeting. The recent rain component in the district wasreviewed block by block. The main concerned of themeeting was to review prevailing flood situation at

Sambalpur. It was unanimously agreed in the meeting thatthe utter negligence of Dhobijore, which is the lifeline inthe drainage system at Sambalpur, has resulted in such anawful situation. It was also felt that the SambalpurMunicipality has failed in delegating its duty to clean theDhobijore streams bed before the onset of monsoon.Ultimately it was decided in the meeting that someimmediate step is to be taken to clean the Dhobijorestream bed. The Collector as the chairperson of the

meeting entrusted BISWA to do the immediate needful tosooth the situation. Accepting the challenge to remove the impedance on the way to make Dhobijore streamflow uninterrupted. The work started the very next morning and the district administration kept on monitoringthe ongoing work in a day-to-day basis. A team of highly skilled persons with proven courage and ability wereengaged to deliver the goods in this mission. As a result of it no subsequent flood was experience in thefollowing days, even though their was several down pours after the incident of first flash flood at Sambalpur.

Laxmipriya,the sales outlet of BISWA, participatedin an exhibition at Gurujad Kalakshestram, Vizag, from

J uly 7th to 16th, 2005, organized by Director ofHandicraft, Bhubaneswar. This exhibition held for thefirst time at Vizag city, and the focus was only todisplay the Handicrafts of Orissa. The most eye-catching items displayed in the exhibition wereBamboo products, Wall decorative items & Brassmetal works. Mrs. Purnima Maheswari, MarketingExecutive, participated on behalf of BISWA.Another exhibition was held simultaneously at

Bholanath Vidyapith, Puri, on the occasion of Rathayatra of Lord Sri Jagannath from J uly 7th

to 16th, 2005. In this exhibition all the displayed items were highly appreciated by the visitors.

OUR PARTICIPATION IN EXHIBITION

It is the usual practice in a civil society to providehelp by able lot to the disabled in their needy hours.It should come voluntarily, with out any duress fromany quarter. That is the role of a VoluntaryOrganization, presently better known as NonGovernmental Organization. That is the real pleasureto tender a helping hand to a needy one. Draught, floodearthquake and cyclone are some of the wrath ofnature shown on the Earth. In such hours of distress,none can justify its role, unless exceptional couragedisplayed. This courage comes from the strength ofmind and core of heart, where no imposition takesplace. The Government and its administration are dutybound to act as per the needs of the society, let it be ina developmental mode or a relief mode. But it has itsown limitations. It has to function in its formal ways

with fulfilling its formalities. On the other hand thevolunteers can fathom any depth to deliver relief inthe needy hours. Volunteers can take any risk, whichmight be forbidden to the administration. So that is theupper hand of the volunteers, what the administrationlacks. Functioning in social sectors, we volunteerscannot ignore the screams of the distressed people.This voluntary service must be up to mark, whichshould attract appreciation form the society. Then onlywe may claim to live in a civil society.


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SUCESS STORYSurrounded by deep forest, Nua Balanda is a village in Nua-Barangamal GP of Jujumora block, Sambalpur district. Theinhabitation comprises of 151 households, where the primary livelihood is agriculture and collection of minor forest produces.As a subsidiary livelihood, many of the community members indulge inBiri Rolling. The village was devoid of manygovernmental and non governmental development schemes owing to lack of communication facilities. One of the householdsgoes to Shantilata Mirdha. The household comprises of 12 members, out of which 10 are earning members. Though thenumber of earning members is high, the cumulative earnings are not enough to meet their both ends.Rajeswari Mirdha, an

organiser of BISWA and Mrs. J . Rao, Vice President of BISWA, conveneda meeting of the women in which Shantilata participated. The topiccentered around the-then socio- economic condition of the village andwhat could be done to bring about a positive change through SHG. Shantilata was inspired by the meeting and as a result ofit she, canvassed another 14 women to resolve themselves into an SHG in her personal capacities. Finally the SHG came intoexistence on 21.09.2003. They decided to save Rs. 10/- weekly. As the group started its internal credit activities, Shantilatacould take a loan of Rs 500/- to purchase and rear ducklings. Her happiness was leaps & bounds when she sold the ducksand earned a handsome profit.Later on the SHG availed a loan of Rs. 31,500/- from BISWA, from which Santilata borrowedRs. 4,000/- and opened a small provision store in the village (till then the village did not have one). It was a well identifiedavenue and the enterprise has yielded desirable results in shape of a regular income. This has enhanced her social status along

with ensuring food security & capacity to meet other cash needs. Now she commands respects from fellow communitymembers. Upon being interviewed, she accredited BISWA for this metamorphosis.

FLOOD RELIEF WORK BY BISWAA

flash flood in the wee hours ofSunday, J uly 31st forced many

inhabitants of low area in Sambalpurto take shelter at camps organized bydistrict administration. Initially threecamps were identified Sri Guru Nanak

Public School, Ashapali U.P School &Sindhi Dharmasala, but the last onewas abandoned. So finally the twocamps have to bear the rush ofhelpless shelter takers. The districtadministration urged BISWA toarrange cooked foods for the camps.And emergent meeting was called onat BISWA office to arrange volunteersfor the camps. A team ofAnusuya,Rahil, Rajasini,Trilochan and Philimon in the leadership of Sameer rushed to take charged at Ashapali U.P.

School camp. Similarly another team of Guru Prasad, B.Hota & Deepak in the leadership of Lingaraj took charge atSGN School camp. Another team of Aurobinda, Duryodhan, Dharmendra, Mamata, Bhabani, Shivprasad, Pradeepin the leadership of K.C.Malick, Chairman, BISWA, coordinated the whole relief operation from the central office. Dryration consisting rice and dal was provided by the district administration. BISWA provided potato, onion, cooking oil,salt and masala along with cooking utensil for the cooking operation at the camps. Volunteers from BISWA did thecooking and serving, of course. An official team on behalf of the administration supervised the entire relief operation,wherein ADM, Sub-Collector, Tehsildar and Additional Tehsildar took active participation. Sri Vishal Gagan, Collector& District Magistrate was in the command of whole operation, who could find time to visit the camps while coordinatingthe operation from the control room. The Emergency Officer was assisting him at the control room. The cookedlunch in the shape of Bhat & Dalma was served to the shelter takers at the camps. This operation at SGN Schoolcamp was concluded by 3P.M in the afternoon, while the same was continued till evening at Ashapali U.P. School

camp, as it was crowded for holding inmates of abandoned Sindhi Dharamsala camp. Some cooked food foundsurplus at the earlier camp was shifted to the later camp by a car from BISWA. The whole operation was highlyappreciated by the public as well as the administration.

NAME: SHANTILATA MIRDHABISWA SHG Nua Balanda Group No. 1


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TOTAL SANITATION CAMPAIGN INJ HARSUGUDA DISTRICT

BISWA organized an awareness cum motivation campaign onTotal Sanitation & Environment Protection at Machhadihi High

School, Machhadihi M.E School, Attabira High School, Palsada

High School, Katarbaga High School, Panchagama U.P School,

in Lakhanpur block of Jharsuguda district. In this motivationcampaign our experts sensitized about the importance of goodhealth & hygienic habits and its effect on our day-to-day life.Both students and parents participated in large numbers in thecampaign. They promised to have a latrine in each household.Our team in the leadership of Sri Jogeswar Majhi, ChiefAdvisor, BISWA, put their endeavor to make the campaignsuccessful.

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