2016-03-30

RAMAKRISHNA MISSION UTTARAKHAND FLOOD RELIEF & REHABILITATION (2013-16)

INAUGURATION OF NEW BUILDINGS

The Ramakrishna Mission undertook extensive primary relief in the wake of devastating flood as a result of massive cloud burst in Kedarnath area (Uttarakhand) in June 2013. Our Kankhal and Dehradun centres came forward for relief operations involving 35 monks and a dedicated band of volunteers. Various necessary items including food items, assorted and winter garments, solar lanterns, utensils and other essential items were distributed to 19,513 families in 291 villages in Rudraprayag, Sonprayag, Guptakashi, Uttarkashi, Ukhimath, Pandukeshwar, Govindghat and Niti block areas. Besides, school uniform and other supplies were also distributed to 16,839 students from 275 schools in Joshi Math and Rudraprayag areas. Total expenditure for the relief beginning from June 2013 to October 2014 was Rs. 6.66 crore.



Devastation at Sonprayag
Primary Relief



Devastation at Sonprayag
Primary Relief



Uttarakhand Primary Relief
Primary Relief Service at Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Primary Relief
Primary Relief Service at Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Primary Relief
Primary Relief Service at Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Primary Relief
Primary Relief Service at Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Primary Relief
Primary Relief Service at Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Primary Relief
Primary Relief Service at Uttarakhand

Situated at an altitude of 1000 metres, about 70 km from Kedarnath, Agastyamuni is the valley’s hub of education. A girls’ hostel at Anusuya Prasad Bahuguna Government PG College at Agastyamuni was severely damaged due to this flood. Ramakrishna Mission decided to undertake rehabilitation work there.

1 Chaukhamba Parvat from Agastyamuni (3)
Agastyamuni Uttarakhand

3 Destruction of the Girl's Hostel in Agastyamuni PG College (2)
Agastyamuni Uttarakhand

4 Destruction of the Girl's Hostel in Agastyamuni PG College (3)
Agastyamuni Uttarakhand

5 Agastyamuni Damage
Agastyamuni Uttarakhand

6 Agastyamuni Damage
Agastyamuni Uttarakhand

The foundation stone was laid in 29 August 2014 for a girls’ hostel and a PG Block.

Foundation Stone Laying at Agastyamuni
Agastyamuni Rehabilitation

Foundation Stone Laying at Agastyamuni
Agastyamuni Rehabilitation

Foundation Stone Laying at Agastyamuni
Agastyamuni Rehabilitation

The work commenced in right earnest from October 2014 and the work was completed by the beginning of 2016.

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation
Various Phases of Work at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand

The three-storied girls’ hostel, named Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel, consists of 27 rooms for accommodating around 81 girls’ students, 6 warden rooms with attached toilets, a common room, a store and sets of toilets in each floor apart from a specious verandas and terrace on the 2nd & 3rd floors.

Foundation Stone Laying at Agastyamuni
Agastyamuni Rehabilitation

Foundation Stone Laying at Agastyamuni
Agastyamuni Rehabilitation

Foundation Stone Laying at Agastyamuni
Agastyamuni Rehabilitation

On 16 March 2016, Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel building was inaugurated by Swami Suhitananda, General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 01
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 02
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 03
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

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Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

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Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

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Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

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Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 08
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 09
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

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Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

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Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

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Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 12
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel at Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 13
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

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Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 01
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 02
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 03
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 04
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 05
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Maa Sarada Devi Girls’ Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 06
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Along with the hostel, a dining cum kitchen block was added for the inmates with a dining hall, a kitchen, a kitchen store and washing place.

Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Girls Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 05
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Girls Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 07
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Girls Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 04
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Girls Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 03
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Girls Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 02
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Girls Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 01
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Girls Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 06
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Girls Hostel, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 08
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

This was inaugurated by Swami Suvirananda, Assistant Secretary, Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission on the same day.

Inauguration of Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 02
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 01
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 03
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 05
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Kitchen cum Dining Hall, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 04
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

The three-storied PG Block, named Swami Vivekananda PG Block, comprises 13 classrooms, 2 departmental rooms, and a seminar Hall apart from spacious verandas and terrace apart from bathroom for boys and girls.

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Swami Vivekananda PG Block, was inaugurated by Sri Ranjit Rawat, Advisor (Industry) to CM, Uttarakhand and Smt. Shailarani Rawat, MLA Kedarnath, on behalf of the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Harish Rawat.

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 12
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 11
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 10
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 09
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 08
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 07
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 06
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 05
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 04
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 03
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 02
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

Inauguration of Swami Vivekananda PG Block, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 01
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

The Sri Ramakrishna Seminar Hall building was inaugurated by Swami Nityashuddhananda, Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal.

Inauguration of Sri Ramakrishna Seminar Hall, Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand Rehabilitation 01
Uttarakhand Relief and Rehabilitation by Ramakrishna Mission, at Agastyamuni

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