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Housing for riot affected families

32 houses were dedicated to the riot affected families at Bhawraguri Jharbari village in Kokrajhar,which was initiated by Seva Bharati, Purbanchal in association with Samasta Mahajan(Jain Samaj),Mumbai to make extending support their livinhood in the region.

The Seva Bharati,Purbanchal was founded in 1998 and since then working for the all round development and guidance to the youth,women and weaker section of the society to make well being of the social living.Madhav Prasad Deputy Commissioner,Kokrajhar inaugurated the constructed houses for riot affected peoples in the area in the presence of Seva Bharati official and common masses at Bhawraguri village on Tuesday. Sarma lauded the initiative taken from Seva Bharati while giving house shadow for the needy citizens who were badly affected in riot situations . He said that the welfare initiated from the Seva Bharati and Samaj was appreciated job because riot affected peoples are getting extensive support through this noble job.

‘We must thank them Seva Bharati and Samaj, for their active role to construct houses for riot affected peoples. Dedication of houses among the needy citizens will be benefitted in their livelihood’,said Sarma.

Bashista Bujarbaruah,in-charge of Seva Bharati,Purbanchal said that it was a mission to assist the needy and riot affected peoples,who are living under severe crisis and problems in the area.The sev awas working for the welfare of the affected citizens among society so that needy citizens can get little help in their livelihood. ‘We constructed 32 houses and a Manjhi Than at the village for the riot affected peoples,who were deprived from all needy benefits in the district.I thank Mumbai Samasta Mahajan for their kind hearted sstep to the construction of houses in the district’,said Bashista.

Beneficiaries expressed their happiness after getting houses from Samasta Mahajan,Mumbai and Seva Bharati.They thanked to trhe organiser and extended their gratitudes which is helping to gain human integration. ‘We are very happy with getting house from Seva Bharati and Mumbai NGO,who have bee step to give houses to us.We extend our thanks for them.We were riot affected peoples in this region where living under severe crisis and hardships in our life management’, said a beneficiary in the village.

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