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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has sanctioned 390 Mega Work Camps to be organized by Nehru Yuvak Kendra Sangthan at the cost of rupees 1.95 Crore for putting up rescue camps, community kitchens, reconstruction of damaged houses of poor and establishments like schools, Public Health Centres etc in the Tsunami affected areas.
As a long term measure, following three programmes have been also been sanctioned to NYKS in all the 17 Tsunami affected districts: (i) Setting up of Counselling Centres for organizing lifeskill counselling services for one year; (ii) Setting up of a Help Lines at District Hqrs for one year.; (iii) Residential Camps for 200 participants for three months in each affected district. These three projects will involve an expenditure of rupees 1.20 Crore.
The Nehru Yuvak Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and NSS Volunteers are continuing their rescue and relief work in Tsunami affected areas of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Kerala. The Youth Clubs affiliated to NYKS are mainly involved in shifting people, arranging drinking water, preparing food in community kitchen, runing Medical Camps, organising couselling and setting up of make-shift shelters etc.
The Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sunil Dutt has applauded the relief work undertaken by the NYKS and NSS volunteers in all the affected areas including the difficult terrain of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. He appreciated the fact that in all the affected districts, the NYKS volunteers were the first ones to reach the sites of the disaster and were actively involved in saving lives.
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