सेवा है यज्ञकुंड समिधा सम हम जले! RSS serves humanity in Corona

-Anjali Ankad  

 

When Doctor Hedgewar founded a small nationalist group in 1925, he probably had no idea that almost a century later, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) would be one of the biggest social organization in the sub-continent. India has been witnessing major challenges ie coronavirus pandemic which has made the world come to a standstill. While, the government is putting all its efforts in containing the virus, it is the RSS which is leaving no stones unturned in the midst of this crisis along with the government.

 

Fortunately, there are some sections of the society that are enjoying the privilege of staying at home and working from home but there is also a larger section who depends on their daily wage. However, due to the lockdown, they are unable to fulfill even their basic needs. RSS which has always been in the action to provide any assistance whenever such kind of challenge arises has come forward to battle the virus and help the needy.

 

 

With the coronavirus situation demanding to protect the people from the virus, RSS has taken a leading role in spreading the work and measures on social distancing but most importantly, in helping the weaker sections who have been the most affected due to the lockdown.

Risking their own lives, too, the Swayamsevaks in Delhi and different parts of the country are engaged in distributing essential goods and kits. These kits have rice, flour, dal, sugar, oil, basic spices used in cooking, salt, tea, soap and bathing soap bundled together. They are being distributed among the poor by RSS.

Similar to the RSS, its wing organization, Sewa Bharati has turned into helping hand in this time of crisis and has also been working relentlessly. Headquartered in Delhi, Sewa Bharati is carrying it relief work from here across the whole country. Be it distributing food packets or manufacturing masks and reaching out and distributing at certain places that are facing a scarcity or distributing bed sheets and blankets or providing basic medicines. The volunteers have been on the frontline like in helping in this pandemic.

RSS has reached each and every corner of the country. Almost 2.10 lakh volunteers reached out to the remotest corners of the country in order to extend their assistance. For the purpose to reach out to the people in the midst of the lockdown, it has provided different helpline numbers for every state. People stranded in railway stations and bus stops are being rescued by the Sewa Bharati workers.

It has also emphasizes on the remote border areas of the North-east, as it takes time for the government to help to reach these areas. The volunteers have been distributing bedsheets and blankets even at railway stations in the North-East along with clean water is being delivered to the people. Maintaining social distance, the volunteers provide the much-needed support, and convey a firm message to the people that they are not alone in this.