Kurnool Flood Relief Fund
A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward
On 2nd October 2009, Andhra Pradesh was ravaged by the worst floods in its history killing over 240 people and leaving hundreds of people marooned at several places.The floods, billed as the worst in 100 years, inundated 565 villages in five districts and affected 1.62 million people and damaging over 70,000 houses. Flood situation in many districts of Andhra Pradesh turned grim as large localities lay submerged and there was heavy inflow of water into various reservoirs.
Several NGO's poured in to help the flood affected areas by helping out people living in low lying areas move to safer regions and providing medical help, food, clothes etc. Spectraforce Technologies India Pvt. Ltd (India) too did their bit of share by providing merchandise in Kurnool village which was one of the worst affected areas. A contribution of one day salary from all employees of Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Pune branches proved a great help in summing up the donation amount up to Rs.71,000.
A team of five from Hyderabad office branch [MSS Reddy, Julius Theodore, Amarnath Bhogadi, Vijay Naphade and Jagadeesh Nyalati] visited the Kurnool area on 12th October 2009 personally rather than handing over the merchandise to any agency. The team faced a lot of difficulties in reaching the Kurnool village because the highways and roads remained cut off. A total of 840 merchandise items (which included bed sheets, saris, hand towels and lungi) were donated to the people in the village. These items were packed in small packets and were handed over personally to several families.
As Andhra Pradesh battled fresh floods, various NGOs, religious and educational institutions and corporates joined its efforts in rebuilding the lives of more than a million people who were left homeless. A contribution from Spectraforce team as well to the flood affected people must have helped them to a certain extent.
Spectraforce Technologies is much obliged of all the three Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Pune office branch team members for their commendable contribution towards this act.