Disha has now started taking in regular updates from the blood banks situated outside Bangalore. There are now 17 blood banks aligned with Disha. The indication of “the calm before the storm” as one of our volunteers addressed this situation; Disha had number of calls which rose up to 25 in a single day of which 8 calls were routed to Sankalp Emergency Wing.
Battling the impending shortage during the summer, Rakta Kranti Companies continue organizing regular blood donation drives in companies. Through this month most of the blood banks in the city had good stocks of blood. But when the stocks were less, the blood donation drives were organized then.
The need for blood is growing day by day, hence is the need for awareness. Another school that permitted us to conduct the Blood Awareness Program was Iyer High School, located in the main market of Mathikere.The school management without any hesitation allowed us to carry out the program in the first week of February.
Copyright @ Sourav Roy
Copyright @ Sourav Roy
Copyright @ Sourav Roy
copyright @ Sourav RoyIt was early February and my exams had just got over. Exams had gone well, but as usual; I never hoped for good results (and they never happen either). It had been a great semester. I reached home on 5th Feb. Baba (dad) had planned a trip to Assam & Meghalaya, starting from 6th Feb.
We reached Kolkata, early in the morning; on the 7th of Feb. Our train to Guwahati was at 4 in the evening so we had almost the whole day. Baba decided to take us to Belur Math.
I had a very difficult time trying to sleep the night before last.
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, located near the historic town of Srirangapatna, in the Mandya District of the state of Karnataka in India, is an important tourist destination from Mysore city orthe adjoining Vrindavan gardens, both of which are barely 20 km away. It is a very small sanctuary, being only 0.67 km². in area, and comprises six islets on the banks of the Kaveri River. The isolated islets and the abundance of aquatic insects during the monsoon make Ranganathittu a favorite abode for birds.
Ranganathittu attained the status of a bird sanctuary in 1940, courtesy of the visions of India’s noted ornithologist. Dr. Salim Ali observed that the isles formed an important nesting ground for birds, and persuaded the Wodeyar kings of Mysore to declare the area a wildlife sanctuary in 1940.
