Clean up is well underway at Udayan in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan, and further heavy monsoonal rains which uprooted many trees and caused the collapse of almost 1 km of Udayan’s boundary wall.
A huge thanks to the swift support from City of Joy Aid, UK and St Joan of Arc School in UK – the necessary funds were made available to Udayan to commence construction of the boundary wall. This is vital to ensure the protection of our children when they are in the campus.
The additional clean up
is being executed by Udayan’s staff located in Barrackpore and surrounds who
are readily available to visit the campus during lockdown period. Our drivers, and other staff (cooking,
gardening and maintenance), along with Paramedical staff have been working hard
to shift debris and coordinate getting the campus back in tip-top condition.
Cyclone
Amphan caused mass destruction in West Bengal and in particular, Kolkata which
was already struggling under strict COVID-19 lockdown. Essential services such as water, electricity
and telephone were unavaliable for several days and people had difficulty
getting repairs done to their homes due to shortage of labour with migrant
labour returning to their villages.
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